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Newcomer Rocket Lab Secures Spire As Their Next Customer

Posted in Business on 13th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

More companies have been able to design and build their own small satellites and are looking for launches to get their products into orbit on the cheap.

The Case for an International Moon Base

Posted in Science on 13th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

Toward the end of 2015, Russias space program announced plans to begin a series of lunar missions that would culminate in the creation of a manned moon base by 2030.

SpaceX Is Gearing Up To Build Lots and Lots of New Rockets

Posted in Business on 7th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

'Now were in this factory transformation to go from building six or eight a year to about 18 cores a year. By the end of this year we should be at over 30 cores per year'

NASA details CubeSats to launch aboard SLS

Posted in Science on 3rd Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

13 CubeSats will be loaded onto the most powerful rocket ever, some of which will be deployed to inspect asteroids, while others will gather data on the Moon.

Elon Musk to unveil Mars plans this year, wants to go to space by 2020

Posted in Science on 29th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

Rumors have been swirling about how SpaceX will soon unveil an ambitious architecture that will allow it to begin human missions to Mars within a decade.