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China successfully launches the new Long March 6 rocket and looks forward to next generation Long March 5 in 2016
Posted in Science on 20th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
The rocket carried 20 micro-satellites into the space for tests.
Orion astronaut flight faces delay to 2023
Posted in Science on 18th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
The Space Launch System (SLS) is more powerful than the Apollo program's Saturn V, and is due to make its debut with the Orion vehicle in an uncrewed configuration, in late 2018.
Jeff Bezos' Space Company, Blue Origin, now has a Florida launchpad
Posted in Hardware on 16th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has announced that his space company Blue Origin will be taking over a launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida that hasnt been used in a decade.
SpaceX Dragon capsule could bring back soil samples from Mars
Posted in Science on 15th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
Life on Mars, now or in the past, is still up for debate, and the best way to settle it is by getting samples into the hands of scientists.
Virgin Galactic boosts rocket capability
Posted in Science on 15th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
The aim now is to lift payloads up to 200kg into standard orbits, instead of the previously stated 120kg, in 2016 or 2017 for a price of under $10m.