Space

Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully completed the first in a series of hot-fire tests on the RS-25 engine, which will be used on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), according to a company […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) on Saturday successfully launched its fifth Cargo Resupply Services (CRS-5) mission for NASA, but came up short successfully landing its Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage […]

One of the losers of a competition for a potential multi-billion dollar Air Force space launch range support contract asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Dec. 18 to reconsider its […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is once again delaying launch for its fifth Cargo Resupply Services (CRS-5) mission for NASA, this time from Friday to Saturday, according to the civil […]

The Air Force said Wednesday it is delaying its goal of certifying Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) for national security space launches to no later than mid-2015 after the two […]

A thrust vector activator issue Tuesday scrubbed a Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) launch for the second time in just over six months. The company was scheduled Tuesday to begin […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) will attempt for its first time Tuesday morning landing the first stage from its Falcon 9 rocket on a floating barge in the Atlantic Ocean, […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Monday denied Sierra Nevada Corp.’s (SNC) protest of NASA’s Commercial Crew Transportation Capability Contract (CCtCap) awards to Boeing [BA] and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. […]

The Air Force pushed Thursday’s NROL-35 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to Friday due to weather, according to launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA). Launch will take place […]

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V carrying a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload is scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., on Thursday, the Air […]