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Sapa Profiles Inc. falsified certification tests and used fraudulent materials sold to NASA and others. Satellite retention clamshells did not open correctly on climate missions in 2009 and 2011. “When testing results are altered and certifications are provided falsely, missions fail,” said Jim...

United Launch Alliance has chosen Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to supply the advanced booster engine for the Vulcan Centaur rocket system. The Vulcan Centaur is expected to make its initial flight in mid-2020 and will provide affordable and reliable access to space for ULA customers as the rocket...

Congress is ordering the military to use reusable rockets whenever possible and they have to include the use of such vehicles in solicitation of launch contracts. Further, everyone knows SpaceX has been the champion of reusable rockets and has launched missions to the ISS as well as military...

Virgin Galactic is recovering nicely after their fatal accident back in 2014. Yesterday they launched their VSS Unity spacecraft to an altitude of 170,800 feet and reached a speed of Mach 2.47. This flight was the third powered flight since the accident and they've been steadily increasing...

Blue Origin continues to make steady progress towards launching tourists into space for the low price of $200K each. Their latest success was the completion of an important test of their altitude escape motor that will allow the capsule to separate itself from the booster if anything goes wrong...

NASA is going back to some old plans they shelved back in the 70's and is looking at using an atomic rocket to get to Mars. Believe it or not this makes a lot of sense because the spacecraft would have the capability to get there faster and as a by-product this would increase astronaut safety...

SpaceX's heavy lift version of the Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch today at 3:45 PM EST. This is the first test of the Falcon Heavy, and is meant to be a demonstration to see if the rocket can put a payload into orbit. SpaceX has confirmed the Elon Musk's personal Tesla Roadster is onboard the...

SpaceX has worked with the Air Force to design and deploy a new system that allows their rockets to self-destruct without intervention from a range safety officer. This is an important feature because it will allow rockets to be launched into polar orbit from Cape Canaveral because they won't...

"Mad" Mike Hughes is going to launch himself over the ghost town Amboy, in the Mojave Desert, this Saturday and televise it on his YouTube channel. He built his rocket by himself and plans on flying over 1 mile in distance and up to an altitude of 1,800 feet. All of this from a guy who says he...

The Jeff Bezos space company Blue Origin is getting closer to launching their heavy lift vehicle. They're in the process of creating a specialized launch facility at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for the rocket. All of this means that Space X is going to get some much needed competition...