Collaborate Disseminate
China has stolen a march on the rest of the world in the new Space Race with the successful launch of the first space rocket powered by liquid methane and oxygen. Aerospace company LandSpace’s Suzaku-2 Yao booster successfully lifted off from the Jiuqu… Continue reading China claims world-first with methane-powered space launch
After 27 years and 117 missions, ESA’s heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket has launched into retirement. On July 5, 2023 at 22:00 GMT, Flight VA261 successfully lifted off from the Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) in French Guiana, to carry the Deutsches Zentrum f… Continue reading Ariane 5 lifts off into history with final space launch
Perhaps most readers will remember when they saw the first SpaceX demonstration of a rocket stage landing vertically on the pad under control. It’s something of a shock to be …read more Continue reading How To Land A Model Rocket Vertically
Aerospace startup Polaris Raumflugzeuge has been awarded a contract by the German government’s Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) (Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Ser… Continue reading German govt awards contract to develop Linear AeroSpike rocket engine
Sir Richard Branson’s space launch company Virgin Orbit has closed its doors and ceased to exist after the United States Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware broke it up and sold off its assets to bidders. This comes after a failed attempt to c… Continue reading Virgin Orbit crashes out of the space race as assets are sold off
We’re still in the early days of generatively-designed objects, but when combined with the capabilities of 3D printing, we’re already seeing some interesting results. One example is this new copper …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Aerospike was Designed by AI
Last week, I wrote about NASA’s technology demonstrator projects, and how they’ve been runaway successes – both the Mars rovers and the current copter came from such experimental beginnings. I …read more Continue reading Thinking Inside the Box
History was made today as a private company leapfrogged ahead of NASA by launching the largest, most powerful rocket ever. At 8:36 am CDT, SpaceX’s uncrewed Starship lifted off from the company’s Starbase at Boca Chica, Texas, on an orbital test flight… Continue reading SpaceX successfully launches largest ever space rocket – which blows up
Back in 2021, we heard how the Mk-II Aurora suborbital spaceplane had made its first test flights … but it was using surrogate jet engines. Now, however, the vehicle has made its first flights using an actual rocket engine.Continue ReadingCategory: Spa… Continue reading Mk-II Aurora suborbital spaceplane makes first rocket-powered flights
It was a glass half-full situation on March 22, 2023 when Relativity Space carried out the first successful launch of an almost entirely 3D-printed rocket from Launch Complex 16 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 11:23 pm EDT. Though t… Continue reading World’s first 3D-printed space rocket lifts off