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Heat shield material for the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) passed a test, the company announced. The PICA-X heat shield material, which will be used in the Dragon spacecraft, underwent […]

An Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] Taurus XL rocket is poised for liftoff tomorrow, when it will launch the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO), a NASA satellite to study just where increasing […]

The last new section of the Ares I-X test rocket arrived at Kennedy Space Center for assembly, prior to the next-generation U.S. spacecraft rocket soaring on its first flight sometime […]

A Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM ER) was launched to score a direct hit on a remote-controlled land-based moving target, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. The test was […]

A Trident II D5 fleet ballistic missile was launched from a submarine submerged in the Pacific Ocean, the USS Alabama (SSBN 731), making the 126 successful test flight since 1989, […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] gave NASA a proposal for design support of a component in the planned Ares V heavy lifter rocket, the company announced yesterday. Ares V will boost to […]

NASA gave American Tank and Vessel Inc. a contract worth up to $45 million to install a test cell diffuser and systems in the A-3 test stand at Stennis Space […]

NASA gave Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] a contract to provide both the satellite and launch vehicle for a space science mission. NASA recently chose the Orbital Pegasus XL rocket to […]

The Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense system scored another advance, this time in its high-powered laser that can kill enemy missiles. That high-energy laser fired multiple long-duration blasts during intensive […]

A mobile gantry performed its initial rollout test at the Spaceport in French Guiana, South America, Arianespace announced. The launch site and mobile gantry for the Arianespace Vega lightweight vehicle […]