Similar to the design certification of Artemis 1’s launch vehicle, certification of flight readiness will be a multi-level series of meetings from the major flight and ground systems components.

Building on Rocket Lab’s proven experience developing the Electron launch vehicle, the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket annually since 2019, the advanced 8-ton payload class Neutron ...

The decision on what new launch vehicles NASA plans to use in the coming decades is rapidly coming into ... But a five-segment motor would be required to launch a larger 30 metric ton. CEV design.

LAKEWOOOD, Colo., April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aphelion Aerospace is proud to announce reaching a major milestone in developing the company's commercial launch services with the completion of ...

Firefly Aerospace’s (Austin, Texas, U.S.) all-composite Alpha small-satellite launch vehicle is scheduled for its first launch by the end of 2020. The rocket, which is designed to launch satellites ...

Billed as the most powerful launch vehicle ever built, the SLS is NASA's first rocket to be specifically designed to support astronaut-crewed missions beyond low Earth orbit since the Saturn V ...

Single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) launch vehicles represent a revolutionary step in space travel. ... The design stretches back decades, to the earlier British HOTOL spaceplane project.

The Mojave, California-based company announced May 26 that it has structurally completed the Talon-A test vehicle, known as TA-0. A future flight of Roc will release TA-0, which is unpowered, to ...

In 2024, SpaceX typically launched 20 to 23 Starlink satellites per launch. But last month, it increased the number to 27 and 28 per flight while using the same Falcon 9 vehicles.

Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB), a leading launch and space systems company, today revealed new details about the next generation Neutron launch vehicle in a virtual event streamed via Rocket ...

In parallel with propulsion system development, Aphelion is continuing with the design of its launch vehicles, subsystems, and ground support in anticipation of a first suborbital launch as early ...