Launched by the DPRK on the night of May 15, the rocket fell in close proximity to Russia. According to CNN sources, the rocket fell into the water 96,5 km from Vladivostok. “Considering that the missile fell so close to Russian territory, in fact, closer to Russia than ...
On June 1, at the Space Flight Center on Wallops Island (USA), ground tests of the Antares launch vehicle took place, the first stage of which was developed by the Ukrainian Yuzhnoye design bureau. This is the first large-scale success of the rocket in a year and a half - after its explosion on October 28, 2014 through ...
In the book “Elon Musk,” the billionaire told how he was unable to work with Russian rocket scientists and how he was inspired by Soviet textbooks. Elon Musk launches rockets into space, builds luxury electric cars, dreams of making humans an interplanetary species and plans to turn solar panels into the energy of the future.…
An American Hellfire air-to-surface missile, intended for training in Europe, was mistakenly sent to Cuba. The incident was one of the most high-profile cases of loss of military technology. The missile was intended for a NATO exercise and was sent to Spain from Orladno Airport, Florida, in early 2014. From Spain a rocket ...
Several Russian cruise missiles launched from a warship at targets in Syria fell on Iranian soil. There is still no information about the victims and the damage caused, as well as about the specific place of the fall, CNN reports, citing official sources in the Pentagon. Intelligence ...
Jeffrey Bezos, the founder and head of one of the largest Internet trading companies, Amazon Jeffrey Bezos, intends to deliver people and goods to Earth orbit. To do this, his company Blue Origin will establish the construction of launch vehicles for their launch from the Air Force base at Cape Canaveral, Florida. ...
The American company Boeing has agreed with Ukraine on the purchase of missiles and engines developed by the Yuzhnoye design bureau and manufactured by the Yuzhmash plant. The parties came to an agreement during the visit of the Ukrainian delegation to the United States. The cooperation agreement will be signed, as expected, in October-November 2015 ...
Ukraine, together with companies from the United States, intends to create a launch vehicle without Russian participation. Chairman of the State Space Agency of Ukraine Lyubomir Szabados announced this on Thursday, September 3. “Our visit today and discussion with representatives of American business allow us to say that we are capable...
In the aftermath of the Falcon 9 crash, there is a danger that astronauts flying to the ISS will have unplanned equipment and power difficulties. The Falcon 9 rocket with cargo for the ISS launched the day before, on Sunday, June 28, and after 2 minutes 19 ...
Minutes after taking off from the Cape Canaveral launch site in Florida, SpaceX's American Falcon 9 launch vehicle fell apart. The rocket was supposed to deliver supplies of water and food to the International Space Station, as well as equipment for research. In…