ROCKET SCIENCE - NANO DAILY

Orbital ATK launches cargo into space aboard Antares rocket

Oct 17, 2016 (AFP)

Orbital ATK on Monday blasted off its revamped Antares rocket carrying supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station two years after a maj...

Rocket scientists reach for the sky

Oct 13, 2016 (XNA)

Deng Xinyu, 32, has lived in Beijing since 2002 when he left his hometown of Huaihua in Hunan province, and moved to the capital to enter university. In common ...

Aerojet Rocketdyne motor plays key role in Blue Origin crew escape test

Oct 10, 2016 (SPX)

Aerojet Rocketdyne has announced that its Blue Origin Crew Capsule Escape Solid Rocket Motor (CCE SRM) was part of the successful In-Flight Escape Test conducte...

Successful escape, landing for Blue Origin's rocket

Oct 05, 2016 (AFP)

Blue Origin, the aerospace company headed by Amazon.com chief Jeff Bezos, ran a successful test Wednesday of an emergency escape function, aimed at saving space...

Work underway on hardware that will do double duty on first SLS flight

Oct 04, 2016 (SPX)

David Osborne, an Aerie Aerospace LLC machinist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, takes measurements prior to the start of precisio...

Welding on massive fuel tank for first flight of SLS completed

Oct 04, 2016 (SPX)

Welding is complete on the largest piece of the core stage that will provide the fuel for the first flight of NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, with t...

Ascent Trajectories and the Gravity Turn

Oct 04, 2016 (SPX)

Almost all space launch vehicles liftoff from the ground in the vertical direction and continue to orbit along an ascent trajectory that is usually optimized fo...

Major construction complete on first Space Launch System test stand

Sep 30, 2016 (SPX)

Next summer, NASA engineers will push the limits of the fuel tanks that will power the agency's Space Launch System (SLS), the massive rocket that will take hum...

Work underway on hardware that will do double duty on first SLS Flight

Sep 30, 2016 (SPX)

David Osborne, an Aerie Aerospace LLC machinist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, takes measurements prior to the start of precisio...

SMC, ULA enter into CRADA to certify Vulcan Launch Vehicle

Sep 30, 2016 (SPX)

The Space and Missile Systems Center signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with United Launch Alliance (ULA) as part of the company's ...

United Launch Alliance kicks off Additive Manufacturing Challenge

Sep 30, 2016 (SPX)

United Launch Alliance (ULA) kicked off the 3-2-1 Liftoff! ULA Rocket Hardware Challenge today via GrabCAD Community Challenges, inviting participants to design...

Race to near space: Superfast flight

Sep 28, 2016 (XNA)

Chinese aerospace researchers are pushing the limits in a new sphere - near space - which promises superfast vehicles for passengers, business and military use....

US eyes hypersonic glider project as Russia, China pursue own programs

Sep 26, 2016 (Sputnik)

Lockheed Martin has won a $147 million Pentagon contract to conduct research into the hypersonic Mach 5 Tactical Boost Glide (TBG) aircraft project. The questio...

Building the Space Launch System's core stage

Sep 22, 2016 (SPX)

The largest rocket stage in the world is coming together piece by piece at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Large elements for NASA's Space Laun...

STRATCOM nominee vows to end US reliance on Russian RD-180 engines

Sep 21, 2016 (Sputnik)

John Hyten, the nominee to head US Strategic Command (STRATCOM), wowed in a congressional testimony on Tuesday to work with lawmakers to end the United States' ...

Air Force tests first full-scale component of Hydrocarbon Boost Program

Sep 15, 2016 (SPX)

The United States is one step closer to eliminating its reliance on Russian technology to launch its military satellites. The Hydrocarbon Boost Technology Demon...

Falcon 9 Launch Failure

Sep 14, 2016 (SPX)

On September 1st, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle suffered a catastrophic anomaly on its launch pad (Space Launch Complex 40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Stati...

Lack of In-Space Thrust, Use of Hardened Craft Limit Manned Exploration

Sep 14, 2016 (Sputnik)

Spacecraft with novel propulsion systems and lightweight radiation shields are required for human space travel beyond the moon, former National Aeronautics and ...

Amazon's chief Jeff Bezos unveils new rocket design

Sep 12, 2016 (AFP)

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos unveiled plans Monday for a massive rocket called New Glenn designed to launch people to space and propel satellites into orbit, raisi...

RD-180 license expires in 2030

Sep 12, 2016 (Sputnik)

The license to produce Russia-built RD-180 rocket engines in the United States expires in 2030 when all technical documents are due to be destroyed, the CEO of ...