ERPS members fly the KISS Beta test vehicle at Fresno Tripoli HPR meet.
Members of ERPS check out the static engine test facilities at the Friends of Amateur Rocketry site in Mojave.
About a dozen ERPS members got a tour of SpaceX Headquarters in Hawthorne, CA.
E.R.P.S. members from the K.I.S.S. vehicle team prep the static stand at F.A.R. for an engine firing.
This one-of-a-kind test field provides a globally unique environment for lunar payload flights aboard Astrobotic’s Xodiac. MOJAVE, CA – June 25, 2024 – Astrobotic announced the unveiling of its Lunar Surface Proving Ground (LSPG) at its facility in Mojave, CA.
Rocket Lab’s 50th Electron rocket stands ready to launch five satellites on behalf of France-based internet of things company, Kinéis. Image: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab successfully reached a milestone that few commercial rockets achieved and at a pace that outperformed
Spacecraft closes in ahead of planned fly-around of spent rocket stage A space-junk removal satellite launched for Japanese company Astroscale has completed rendezvous maneuvers with its target and is commencing a proximity operations phase in which it will approach the
The Agnikul team stands in front of the company’s launch vehicle at the Satish Dhawan Space Center ahead of its first successful launch. AGNIKUL Agnikul’s successful launch is a step toward “on-demand” rocket launches. A rocket featuring the world’s first
The first launch of Ariane 6 is targeted for 9 July 2024 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher announced at the ILA Berlin Air Show today. Announcing the Ariane 6 target launch date at ILA
Boeing’s Starliner capsule approaches the International Space Station for docking on June 6, 2024. (Image credit: NASA TV) Starliner reached the International Space Station (ISS) today (June 6), making contact with the orbiting lab at 1:34 p.m. EDT (1734 GMT)
It was quite a sight…and quite a fiery success for SpaceX. The fourth test flight of the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built is in the books, and what a dramatic and nail-biting trip for SpaceX it was. SpaceX
SpaceX and the FAA have even outlined 3 ways Starship’s Flight 4 could fail and skip an anomaly investigation. SpaceX conducts a fueling test with its Starship vehicle on May 28, 2024. The company received an FAA launch license for
There was a time when maps of the Moon were created from telescopic observations and drawings. Indeed Sir Patrick Moore created maps of the Moon that were used during the historic Apollo landings. Now researchers have enhanced a technique to
The Long March 5 rocket carrying the Chang’e-6 mission lunar probe launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China’s Hainan province on May 3, 2024. Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images/File Hong Kong (CNN) —- China’s Chang’e-6 lunar lander successfully touched