USAF Awards Reusable Launch Vehicle Contracts
On December 5th, the United States Air Force (USAF) announced it had selected two space firms to develop a flight demonstration vehicle named... Read more →
Successful Test Flight of Armadillo Aerospace STIG-A Rocket
On December 4th, Armadillo Aerospace conducted a successful launch of its reusable STIG-A suborbital rocket from Spaceport America, reaching an... Read more →
Proposed Law to Limit Liability of Commercial Space Flight Firms
An artist's impression of the interior of Spaceport America (Credits: Spaceport America). Legislators in New Mexico, United States are... Read more →
Video Captures First J-2X Combustion Stability Test
NASA conducted a key stability test firing of the J-2X rocket engine on December 1, marking another step forward in development of the upper-stage... Read more →
ESA Abandons Efforts to Contact Phobos-Grunt
Following days without success in reestablishing contact with the ailing Phobos-Grunt, now in an uncontrolled decaying orbit, ESA announced on... Read more →
The Continuing Uncertainty of Phobos-Grunt
U.S. and Canadian forces, during cleanup of the Cosmos 954 radioactive debris (Source: Royal Canadian Air Force). It has been a month since... Read more →