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‘It can affect millions, tens of millions, even billions’: Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck and the reasons for his space search

January 15, 2023
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| Moon missions, NZ, Rocket Lab, Rockets, Satellites

By Kevin Norquay, Published by Stuff, 15 January 20223 What makes a CEO? In this 12-part series Kevin Norquay talks to business leaders who buck the stereotype. Rocket Lab chief executive Peter Beck is not one to reflect on all he has achieved in life … it takes a full

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Former SpaceX executive quits British rocket start-up

December 18, 2022
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| Launch sites, Rockets, UK

By Matthew Field, Published by The Telegraph, 18 December 2022 Lee Rosen quits Skyrora less than six months after he joined A former SpaceX executive has quit British rocket start-up Skyrora less than six months after he joined. Lee Rosen, who had joined Edinburgh-headquartered Skyrora as its chief operating officer,

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Nuclear fusion breakthrough: What does it mean for space exploration?

December 15, 2022
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| Mars missions, Nukes in Space, Rockets

By Leonard David, Published by Space.com, 15 December 2022 Some scientists say nuclear fusion propulsion is inevitable. But how far away is it, given recent breakthroughs? The announcement this week of fusion ignition is a major scientific advancement, one that is decades in the making. More energy was produced than

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Japan successfully uses steam to propel Moon spacecraft

November 28, 2022
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| Japan, Moon missions, Rockets

By Vishwam Samkara, Published by yahoo!news, 28 November 2022 Japan’s space agency Jaxa has announced it successfully used steam to propel its spacecraft that was launched as one of the payloads aboard Nasa’s Orion spacecraft. “This is the world’s first successful orbit control beyond low Earth orbit using a water-fuel

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UK start-up is gaining momentum at pinnacle of space drive

November 11, 2022
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| Mini-Satellites, Nukes in Space, Rockets, SpaceX

By Richard Tyler, Published by The Times, 11 November 2022 Operation Get It Up, a tiny plasma-based power system providing propulsion to a small cube satellite, will sit on top of a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket due to be launched next month. It has been designed by engineers at the

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China scraps expendable Long March 9 rocket plan in favor of reusable version

November 9, 2022
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| China, Rockets

New models of the Long March 9 (center) and Long March 5G crew launcher (left) at the Zhuhai Airshow 2022. Credit: OurSpace By Andrew Jones, Published by SpaceNews, 9 November 2022 HELSINKI — Rocket designers with China’s main launch vehicle institute have scrapped plans for an expendable super heavy-lift launcher

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Russia Launched Military Satellite Cosmos 2560

October 18, 2022
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| Rockets, Russia, Satellites

Published by South Front, 18 October 2022 On October 15, 2022, at 22:55 Moscow time, the Russian Aerospace Forces successfully launched a light-class carrier rocket Angara-1.2 with a spacecraft from the State Test Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in Plesetsk in the Arkhangelsk Region. The

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First Skyrora space launch ditches in the sea off Iceland

October 14, 2022
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| Environmental/Health Concerns, Launch failure, Rockets, UK

By Jonathan Amos, Published by the BBC, 14 October 2022 The British rocket company Skyrora's first attempt to get to space has ended shortly after lift-off with the booster ditching in the sea. The Edinburgh-headquartered company was aiming to get its Skylark L vehicle above 100km in a flight from

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