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Redwire to Lead DARPA SabreSat VLEO Mission

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 18, 2024 - Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) announced it has secured a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to act as the prime mission integrator for an air-breathing satellite.

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Redwire Space

Redwire is the Mission Partner of Choice for Civil, Commercial, and National Security Space.

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United Launch Alliance to fly second Vulcan mission in September

CEO Tory Bruno told reporters the company aims to complete the Space Force's certification process in time to fly two national security missions this year.

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Revolution at Mach 10: NASA-Backed Hypersonic Jets Poised to Transform Space Travel

Wind Tunnel Study Reveals Hypersonic Jet Engine Flow Can Be Controlled Optically Researchers at the University of Virginia are exploring the potential of hypersonic jets for space travel, using innovations in engine control and sensing techniques. The work, supported by NASA, aims to enhance scramj

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20 Years after 'Hyper-X', UVA team makes NASA hypersonic breakthrough

Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jun 27, 2024 - What if the future of space travel were to look less like Space-X's rocket-based Starship and more like NASA's Hyper-X, the hypersonic jet plane that, 20 years ago this year, flew faster than any

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We’re building nuclear spaceships again—this time for real

The military and NASA seem serious about building demonstration hardware.

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https://www.geekwire.com/2024/radian-aerospace-update-space-plane-design/

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New Glenn - Wikipedia

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Like the New Shepard suborbital launch vehicle used for space tourism activities, the New Glenn's first stage has been designed to be reusable since its inception.[14] In 2021, the company started a program to make the second stage reusable as well, with the project codenamed Project Jarvis.[17] A first test tank for Project Jarvis was created in 2021.[18]

Payload to low Earth orbit (LEO)
Mass 45,000 kg (99,000 lb) [4][5]
Payload to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO)
Mass 13,600 kg (30,000 lb) [4][5]
Payload to trans-lunar injection
Mass 7 t (15,000 lb)[6]

 

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Radian Aerospace Deep Dive

Radian Aerospace has set out to build the world’s first single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) spaceplane, the Radian One. The company is designing the fully reusable spacecraft to be not just a spaceplane but also a multifunctional platform, capable of performing a broad array of missions in space, many...

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Radian Aerospace begins tests of spaceplane prototype

Radian Aerospace, a company with ambitions to develop a reusable orbital spaceplane, has started flight tests of a prototype vehicle.

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Nuclear rockets could travel to Mars in half the time

Atlanta GA (SPX) Oct 04, 2024 - NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade - but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to the red planet could take several months to years round trip. This

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X-37B Spacecraft Begins Pioneering Aerobraking Maneuver

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 13, 2024 - The United States Space Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-7) has initiated a novel aerobraking maneuver to adjust its orbit around Earth and safely dispose of service module components, adheri

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Space Force Funds $35M Space Propulsion Institute Led by U-M

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2024 - To advance the development of versatile spacecraft propulsion systems, the U.S. Space Force has awarded $35 million to a national research initiative headed by the University of Michigan.

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