Project "Federation". Will there be a flight in the future?
The reusable spacecraft Federation has been under development for more than ten years, but is still not ready for the first flight. Will the situation change in the future? ...
Astra Space Failure: Pentagon Again Doesn't Get Cheap Booster
The ambitious company Astra Space lost the DARPA Launch Challenge after competitors. However, this is not the end of a story about a medium that can change the world ...
Angara: neither the key to saving the industry, nor the “workhorse”
The Angara booster rocket again forced to talk about itself. And rather, in a negative sense ...
Phantom Express: the end of yet another American dream of accessible space
In January, Boeing announced that it was leaving the development program for an unmanned spacecraft, designed to give the US military a reliable and affordable means to put into orbit ...
Big Dumb Booster: a simple but complex rocket for NASA
Already in the sixties it became clear that the increase in the performance of space-rocket systems is directly related to the increase in cost. An interesting option to reduce prices with the same parameters offered ...
What is not visible in the moonlight?
The results of 2019 for the Russian cosmonautics ...
Space Results 2019. Good Year for Roskosmos
2019 has included many events that are important for the world of space. There were failures and achievements. For Roscosmos, the year was very successful, for the first time since 2009, all launches were successful ...
Manned race: US projects against the Russian "Union"
The United States is developing two manned spacecraft for flights to the ISS and other missions. In the future, this technique will have to squeeze out the Russian "Unions". But can she do it? ...
SABER hybrid engine. For the atmosphere and for space
The British SABER project proposes the construction of a combined jet engine capable of operating in the atmosphere and beyond. Separate engine components have been tested for testing, and ...
Will new Russian rockets fly into space?
The Roskosmos Corporation decided that the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle will deliver satellites into orbit. At the same time, the start of serial production of Angara missiles was once again postponed ...
Will Starship Spaceship Serve US Army?
The new brainchild of the Mask may not be what it was originally seen. One cannot get used to such metamorphoses of the world space industry ...
Military space. The future begins today
Space is still of interest to the military of all countries. Orbital groupings with apparatuses for various purposes are being created and modernized, and fundamentally new ones are being worked out ...
Secret Boeing X-37B: return from space
The Boeing X-37B pilot aircraft is back from its fifth flight. He stayed in space for more than two years and during this time he conducted some secret experiments ...
New transfer: what awaits GLONASS in the future
The launch of a new satellite for the Russian satellite constellation was again postponed. This problem is just the tip of the iceberg ...
Chinese navigation system "Beidou". Do Americans have to make room?
The Beidou Chinese system is considered the only navigation system capable of challenging the United States ...
Trump's cosmic forces. The American way to neutralize Russian missiles
The advent of the United States Space Command creates new realities in the confrontation between the United States and Russia. Today, only two states can ...
Japanese BCC are looking into space. Star self defense
In the future, Japan plans to transform its air defense forces into aerospace. The first steps in this direction will be taken as early as next year. There are big plans, but real ...
Boeing X-37B. An experiment or a threat in space?
Two years ago, the United States launched the X-37B experimental spacecraft into orbit. His flight continues to this day and raises a number of serious questions, and the project as a whole remains a cause for concern ...
Will the Nudol knock down the GPS satellite?
In order to be able to destroy the enemy’s satellite systems with some guarantee, you must have at least 100 missiles specially designed to destroy satellites on the GSO on alert duty ...
Space nuclear tug. TEM on MAX-2019
At the last MAKS-2019 exhibition, the domestic industry showed a new large-scale model of a promising transport and energy module designed to perform special tasks in ...