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A Startup Just Launched a Rocket by Spinning It Fast and Then Letting Go

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One of the brutal truths about getting things off the Earth and into space is contained...
One of the brutal truths about getting things off the Earth and into space is contained in something called The Tsiolkovsky rocket equation, which, to put it absurdly simply, means that most of the volume of a rocket leaving Earth will be needed for fuel. That’s why the rockets you see are huge towers of fuel and ox...

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Company wants to launch satellites using a giant centrifuge

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As impressive as it is to watch a rocket blast off into space, harnessing fossil fuels...
As impressive as it is to watch a rocket blast off into space, harnessing fossil fuels and explosions to pursue our dreams of space exploration is ironically primitive. A company called SpinLaunch thinks it has a better idea: It wants to launch small objects into space using a giant spinning centrifuge instead.There...

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NASA Planning Moon Launch in 2022

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Continue reading the main storyA flight of the Space Launch System and Orion capsule without astronauts...
Continue reading the main storyA flight of the Space Launch System and Orion capsule without astronauts aboard is planned for early next year, a first, long-delayed step toward returning astronauts to the moon’s surface.The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis-1 mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesd...

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Surprise Russian Thruster Firing Prompts Space Station Emergency

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Can Europe’s satellite ventures take on Elon Musk’s SpaceX?

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For four decades, the Ariane rocket has been a jewel of European space technology. But since...
For four decades, the Ariane rocket has been a jewel of European space technology. But since the founding of Elon Musk’s SpaceX in 2002, the bloc has had to fight to try and keep its crown.Arianespace was the world’s first commercial launch company and used to dominate the market for sending big communications satel...

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How Far Could a Spaceship Go If We Never Ran Out of Thrust?

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A multistage rocket that lost and jettisoned mass as it moved faster and faster would be...
A multistage rocket that lost and jettisoned mass as it moved faster and faster would be required to ... [+] reach speeds approaching the speed of light, like the Super Haas rocket shown here. You must either posses a super-efficient type of fuel or gather more fuel along your journey to achieve relativistic speeds....

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Mars Photo Booth

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China's Chang'e 5 probe lands on the moon

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Continue reading the main storyThe mission will now collect samples, aiming to return with them to...
Continue reading the main storyThe mission will now collect samples, aiming to return with them to Earth by mid-December.The Long March 5 rocket carrying the Chang’e-5 lunar probe launching from the Wenchang Space Center in Hainan Province on Nov. 24.Credit...Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesBy Steven Lee Myers an...

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New nuclear engine concept could help realize 3-month trips to Mars

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Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies (USNC-Tech) has developed a concept for a new Nuclear Thermal Propulsion...
Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies (USNC-Tech) has developed a concept for a new Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) engine and delivered it to NASA. Claimed to be safer and more reliable than previous NTP designs and with far greater efficiency than a chemical rocket, the concept could help realize the goal...

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World-first “impossible” rotating detonation engine fires up

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Daredevil “Mad” Mike Hughes was killed in a steam powered rocket launch

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Boeing Spacecraft Flight’s Flaws Show ‘Fundamental Problem,’ NASA Says

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NASA engineer's 'helical engine' may violate the laws of physics

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By Jon Cartwright Rocket engines that don’t need propellant have been proposed before: this is an...
By Jon Cartwright Rocket engines that don’t need propellant have been proposed before: this is an illustration of the EM-driveIllustration by luismmolina/iStock / Getty Images Plus For every action, there is a reaction: that is the principle on which all space rockets operate, blasting propellant in one direction to...

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Russian rocket engine explosion; radiation spikes

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Blast Off Satellite Captures Footage of Chinese Rocket Launch at Sea

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An overflow error costing 500M dollars (1996)

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Chinese Spacecraft Nears Landing on Far Side of Moon

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Raising $500M in Funding at a $30.5B Evaluation

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Amazing time-lapse video of a rocket launch… seen from space

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Watch Rocket Lab Try to Launch an Electron Rocket to Orbit from New Zealand

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SpaceX REST API

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🚀 Open Source REST API for rocket, core, capsule, pad, and launch data

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Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully re-launches rocket

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A Startup Just Launched a Rocket by Spinning It Fast and Then Letting Go

Company wants to launch satellites using a giant centrifuge

NASA Planning Moon Launch in 2022

Surprise Russian Thruster Firing Prompts Space Station Emergency

Can Europe’s satellite ventures take on Elon Musk’s SpaceX?

How Far Could a Spaceship Go If We Never Ran Out of Thrust?

Mars Photo Booth

China's Chang'e 5 probe lands on the moon

New nuclear engine concept could help realize 3-month trips to Mars

World-first “impossible” rotating detonation engine fires up

Daredevil “Mad” Mike Hughes was killed in a steam powered rocket launch

Boeing Spacecraft Flight’s Flaws Show ‘Fundamental Problem,’ NASA Says

NASA engineer's 'helical engine' may violate the laws of physics

Russian rocket engine explosion; radiation spikes

Blast Off Satellite Captures Footage of Chinese Rocket Launch at Sea

An overflow error costing 500M dollars (1996)

Chinese Spacecraft Nears Landing on Far Side of Moon

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Raising $500M in Funding at a $30.5B Evaluation

Amazing time-lapse video of a rocket launch… seen from space

Watch Rocket Lab Try to Launch an Electron Rocket to Orbit from New Zealand

SpaceX REST API

Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully re-launches rocket