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SpaceX launching 30% more each launch and increasing launch frequency to once every two weeks
Posted in Hardware on 16th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
A 30% gain in power and the ability to launch more mass to orbit, 22.8 tons now compared to 13.2 with the older rocket.
NASAs Mars-Bound Rocket Just Passed a Major Test
Posted in Science on 29th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
NASA successfully fired-up one of those 77-tonne rocket boosters by lighting it up at full power, all while never leaving the ground.
China successfully launched new Long March 7, to be used to launch upgraded space stations
Posted in Hardware on 28th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
The Long March 7 rocket is the second in a trio of new boosters China will use to launch and supply a space station.
Blue Origin finds success in parachute failure and fourth rocket landing
Posted in Science on 20th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
Like rivals SpaceX, Blue Origin's aim is to develop reusable rockets as a means of making space travel cheap and more accessible.
New rocket to revolutionize China's space program
Posted in Hardware on 18th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
Long March 7s maiden flight will not only test the rocket and next-generation human-rated spacecraft. It will also mark the first use of an island spaceport in the South China Sea.