The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to launch a mission for experimental small satellites, also known as satlets, aboard a rocket from India, Space News reported Monday. The eXperiment for Cellular
MoreTwo recently launched Chinese commercial Earth-imaging satellites are currently orbiting below their intended altitude due to a suspected rocket mishap and might re-enter the atmosphere within months, Spaceflight Now reported Wednesday. Stephen Clark writes the SuperView
MoreNASA engineers have begun to conduct a series of wind tunnel tests on scale crew and cargo models of the second-generation Space Launch System in an effort to collect data for use
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The House Armed Services Committee approved an amendment to a defense policy bill that would allow the Defense Department to buy up to 18 Russian-built RD-180 engines for use on United Launch Allianceâs
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Two U.S. military officials have said the Iranian navy conducted a live-fire test of its rockets approximately 1,500 yards from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Strait of Hormuz
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U.S. Army engineers have demonstrated a gun-based tool that works to counter threats from mortars, artillery, rockets and unmanned aerial systems, the Army website reported Monday. Researchers at the Army Research, Development and
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Engineers at the U.S. Army have developed a gun-based platform designed to counter threats posed by unmanned aerial systems, mortars, artillery and rockets, the service branch said Thursday. A research team at New
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NASA has moved to test an autonomous flight control system intended to help adapt the agencyâs space launch system rocket to environmental changes for crew safety. The Adaptive Augmenting Controller technology works
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North Korea probably test-fired a rocket engine in August and satellite imagery indicates the country could have a second- or third-stage rocket under development, according to a 38 North analysis published Monday.
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NASA has tested a rocket engine injector produced by 3D printing as part of a public-private partnership initiative that seeks to explore cost-effective approaches to building space hardware. The agency will make
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