European companies already have concepts that could feature in the capsule competition By Jonathan Amos, Published by the BBC, 7 November 2023 A robotic capsule to carry cargo to and from the International Space Station is to be developed under a competition run by the European Space Agency. It's anticipated
A render of Space Pioneer's Tianlong-3 rocket at Jiuquan spaceport. Credit: Space Pioneer By Andrew Jones, Published by SpaceNews, 31 October 2023 HELSINKI — Chinese commercial launch firm Space Pioneer has announced a new round of funding for development of the Tianlong-3 rocket comparable to the SpaceX Falcon 9. Space
A file photo of Miura-1. Spanish company PLD Space has carried out Europe’s first private rocket launch. Photograph: Pld Space/Reuters Published by The Guardian, 7 October 2023 Startup PLD Space says launch of Miura-1 is ‘just the beginning’ amid European drive to send satellites into orbit Spanish company PLD Space
Stoke Space said the $100 million Series B round will fund continued development of a fully reusable two-stage rocket it calls Nova. Credit: Stoke Space Technologies By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 6 October 2023 WASHINGTON — Stoke Space, a startup that recently tested a prototype of the upper stage
Rocket Lab will use the former headquarters of Virgin Orbit for producing Rutherford and Archimedes engines. Credit: Rocket Lab/Austin Adams By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 5 October 2023 LONG BEACH, Calif. — Rocket Lab has opened a new engine development center in a building that, six months earlier, was
By Andrew Parsonson, Published by European Spaceflight, 7 September 2023 After its latest successful test campaign, HyImpulse has qualified its HyPLOX-75 hybird rocket motor for flight. The qualification of the motor brings the company one step closer to the maiden flight of its suborbital SR75 rocket. The single-stage suborbital rocket
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 10 August 2023 LOGAN, Utah — SpaceX is offering a second class of rideshare missions on its Falcon 9 rocket to serve customers seeking to go to mid-inclination orbits. During a presentation at the 37th Annual Small Satellite Conference here Aug. 9, Jarrod McLachlan,
Published by The Wall Street Journal, 9 August 2023 Near an empty Florida beach, Jeff Bezos’ space company built a launchpad designed to withstand the flames and roar of powerful rocket engines at liftoff. There is hardly a scratch on it. Many in the space industry view Bezos’ Blue Origin
