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China Unveils $553M Spaceport with Successful Long March-12 Rocket Launch
China has launched the Long March-12 rocket from its new $553 million Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site on Hainan Island. The rocket, capable of carrying 10 tons to low-Earth orbit, delivered two experimental satellites on November 30, 2024. Designed with advanced fuel systems and lighter materials, the rocket enhances payload capacity. The spa...
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Chinese Company Deep Blue Aerospace Aims to Start Space Tourism by 2027
Deep Blue Aerospace, based in Jiangsu, China, has announced its intention to enter the space tourism market, planning to launch paying customers into suborbital space by 2027. Tickets will cost approximately $210,000, promising a comprehensive journey beyond a brief weightlessness experience. The reusable rocket-capsule system is similar to Blue Or...
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Elon Musk Believes He Might Be Dead Before Humans Settle on Mars, Here's Why
Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, has openly questioned whether he will live to see humans colonize Mars. Speaking at the Satellite 2020 conference, Musk highlighted the slow pace of advancements in space travel and the enormous challenges that remain. Despite the remarkable achievements of SpaceX, including the successful launches of Falcon 9 and ...
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India Aims For Moon Mission By 2040, Requires Advanced Rocket Development, Says ISRO Chief
ISRO Chairman S Somanath, at the India Space Congress 2024, emphasised the need to create more internal demand for satellite technology applications to attract investment and ensure commercial sustainability.
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"Can't Have Frugal Engineering Alone, Need Bigger Rockets": Ex-ISRO Chief
India's Mars mission may have cost less than some Hollywood films, but the era of jugaad and frugal engineering in the country will need to make way for more money and bigger rockets in the future, former ISRO chief K Sivan has said.
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UK Woman Charges Her Family Rs 18,000 For Christmas Dinner, Calls It A ''Good Idea''
The woman explained how rocketing food and energy costs was the reason for the charge.
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NASA’s Artemis I on Its Trajectory to Moon After Launching Successfully in Third Attempt
NASA's Artemis I was on course Wednesday for a crewless voyage around the moon and back hours after blasting off from Florida on its debut flight, half a century after the final lunar mission of the Apollo era. The 32-story-tall Space Launch System (SLS) rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 1:47am EST (12:17pm IST), piercing the bl...
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ISRO Looking to Design, Build New Reusable Rocket for Global Market, ISRO Chairman Says
The next Rocket that ISRO builds after the GSLV-MK3 could be a reusable rocket, said ISRO Chairman S Somanath. The space agency has been working on various technologies including the Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (IAD). By combining the new technologies, the space agency would like to join hands with industry, startups and its commercial arm ...
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India To Design, Build Reusable Rocket For Global Market: ISRO
India has plans to design and build a new reusable rocket for the global market that would significantly cut the cost of launching satellites, a top government official said on Monday.
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NASA's Capstone Satellite Breaks From Earth’s Orbit, Heads Towards Moon Ahead of Upcoming Artemis Program
NASA’s Capstone satellite is headed to the moon, after it broke from the Earth’s orbit on Monday, according to the US space agency. Launched six days ago from New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula by the company Rocket Lab in one of their small Electron rockets, the Capstone satellite will send back vital information for months as the first to take a n...
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Rocket Lab Catches Falling Booster Rocket With Helicopter, Drops It in Ocean Minutes Later
Rocket Lab is undertaking these demonstrations to test the company's novel cost-savings approach to recovering used rockets for multiple mission to space.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Flies for the Record 12th Time, Launches 53 Starlink Satellites
SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket for a record-breaking 12th time on Saturday (March 19), and then returned to Earth for yet another successful touchdown.
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Moon Rocket for Artemis Mission Will Roll Out for Wet Dress Rehearsal This Week: NASA
NASA is building the rocket for its Artemis mission, which will land astronauts on the moon after half a decade – and for taking humans to Mars and beyond.
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Tweets He Is in Talks With Airlines to Install Starlink Broadband
Elon Musk tweeted he was in talks with airlines about installing Starlink, a satellite-based broadband service owned by his rocket company SpaceX.
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ESA Signs Contract for Prometheus Ultra-Low Cost Reusable Rocket
European Space Agency (ESA) is focussing hard on building its own version of low-cost reusable rockets with their Prometheus and Phoebus demonstration projects. Check out all the details
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China Unveils $553M Spaceport with Successful Long March-12 Rocket Launch
China has launched the Long March-12 rocket from its new $553 million Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site on Hainan Island. The rocket, capable of carrying 10 tons to low-Earth orbit, delivered two experimental satellites on November 30, 2024. Designed with advanced fuel systems and lighter materials, the rocket enhances payload capacity. The spa...
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Chinese Company Deep Blue Aerospace Aims to Start Space Tourism by 2027
Deep Blue Aerospace, based in Jiangsu, China, has announced its intention to enter the space tourism market, planning to launch paying customers into suborbital space by 2027. Tickets will cost approximately $210,000, promising a comprehensive journey beyond a brief weightlessness experience. The reusable rocket-capsule system is similar to Blue Or...
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Elon Musk Believes He Might Be Dead Before Humans Settle on Mars, Here's Why
Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, has openly questioned whether he will live to see humans colonize Mars. Speaking at the Satellite 2020 conference, Musk highlighted the slow pace of advancements in space travel and the enormous challenges that remain. Despite the remarkable achievements of SpaceX, including the successful launches of Falcon 9 and ...
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India Aims For Moon Mission By 2040, Requires Advanced Rocket Development, Says ISRO Chief
ISRO Chairman S Somanath, at the India Space Congress 2024, emphasised the need to create more internal demand for satellite technology applications to attract investment and ensure commercial sustainability.
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"Can't Have Frugal Engineering Alone, Need Bigger Rockets": Ex-ISRO Chief
India's Mars mission may have cost less than some Hollywood films, but the era of jugaad and frugal engineering in the country will need to make way for more money and bigger rockets in the future, former ISRO chief K Sivan has said.
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UK Woman Charges Her Family Rs 18,000 For Christmas Dinner, Calls It A ''Good Idea''
The woman explained how rocketing food and energy costs was the reason for the charge.
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NASA’s Artemis I on Its Trajectory to Moon After Launching Successfully in Third Attempt
NASA's Artemis I was on course Wednesday for a crewless voyage around the moon and back hours after blasting off from Florida on its debut flight, half a century after the final lunar mission of the Apollo era. The 32-story-tall Space Launch System (SLS) rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 1:47am EST (12:17pm IST), piercing the bl...
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ISRO Looking to Design, Build New Reusable Rocket for Global Market, ISRO Chairman Says
The next Rocket that ISRO builds after the GSLV-MK3 could be a reusable rocket, said ISRO Chairman S Somanath. The space agency has been working on various technologies including the Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (IAD). By combining the new technologies, the space agency would like to join hands with industry, startups and its commercial arm ...
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India To Design, Build Reusable Rocket For Global Market: ISRO
India has plans to design and build a new reusable rocket for the global market that would significantly cut the cost of launching satellites, a top government official said on Monday.
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NASA's Capstone Satellite Breaks From Earth’s Orbit, Heads Towards Moon Ahead of Upcoming Artemis Program
NASA’s Capstone satellite is headed to the moon, after it broke from the Earth’s orbit on Monday, according to the US space agency. Launched six days ago from New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula by the company Rocket Lab in one of their small Electron rockets, the Capstone satellite will send back vital information for months as the first to take a n...
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Rocket Lab Catches Falling Booster Rocket With Helicopter, Drops It in Ocean Minutes Later
Rocket Lab is undertaking these demonstrations to test the company's novel cost-savings approach to recovering used rockets for multiple mission to space.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Flies for the Record 12th Time, Launches 53 Starlink Satellites
SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket for a record-breaking 12th time on Saturday (March 19), and then returned to Earth for yet another successful touchdown.
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Moon Rocket for Artemis Mission Will Roll Out for Wet Dress Rehearsal This Week: NASA
NASA is building the rocket for its Artemis mission, which will land astronauts on the moon after half a decade – and for taking humans to Mars and beyond.
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Tweets He Is in Talks With Airlines to Install Starlink Broadband
Elon Musk tweeted he was in talks with airlines about installing Starlink, a satellite-based broadband service owned by his rocket company SpaceX.
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ESA Signs Contract for Prometheus Ultra-Low Cost Reusable Rocket
European Space Agency (ESA) is focussing hard on building its own version of low-cost reusable rockets with their Prometheus and Phoebus demonstration projects. Check out all the details
