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.
The rocket, a prolific launch vehicle that propels both satellites and astronauts into orbit, blasted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Thursday night. SpaceX’s highly reliable Falcon 9 rocket has experienced a rare failure that means the
New Zealand-based Dawn Aerospace announced Thursday it has received certification from the Civil Aviation Authority in that country to fly its Mk-II Aurora space plane at unlimited speeds, including supersonic, up to an altitude of 80,000 feet. The Mk-II Aurora
Europe’s first Ariane 6 rocket lifts off from a new launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana. The first European Ariane 6 rocket fired off its launch pad at the edge of the Amazon rainforest and climbed into orbit Tuesday, an
A pathfinder for Gravitics’ 4-meter space station module design in use for developing manufacturing and assembly methods. Washington-based startup Gravitics has signed a $125 million contract to expand Axiom Space’s planned space station, the latest deal in the burgeoning private
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SpaceX’s Starship rocket launches on its fourth fully integrated test flight, on June 6, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX) We won’t have to wait much longer to see the most powerful rocket ever built take to the skies again, if all
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NASA astronaut Mike Barratt comes into the International Space Station following a spacewalk halted after 31 minutes on June 24, 2024. (Image credit: NASA TV) We’ll have to wait a while to see NASA astronauts step outside the International Space
The 350th Falcon 9 rocket launches on June 27, 2024, on the Starlink 10-3 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now SpaceX is marking two key records with the launch of its latest batch of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force
A SAST test article during a VTVL reusable rocket test, June 23, 2024. Credit: CASC HELSINKI — SAST has conducted China’s highest altitude launch and landing test so far as the country chases reusable rocket capabilities. A 3.8-meter-diameter test article