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Developer Redswarm has slashed the price on its Rockets game to $0. Mac users can access the Mac App Store and download the title free of charge right now.
The aim of the game is to make sure your rockets don’t collide as you set as many as you can into orbit. The more rockets you put in, the harder the game g... |
12 December 2012
10:12 GMT |
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A new Ariane V heavy-lift delivery system took off from the Kourou Spaceport, in French Guiana, South America, yesterday, September 28. This was the fifth mission carried out by such a rocket this year. The vehicle is built by French aerospace company Arianespace.
The Ariane V took off at 18:18 local time (2118 GMT ... |
29 September 2012
03:40 GMT |
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Yesterday, July 27, a group of space enthusiasts from Denmark launched a two-stage, homemade rocket into the upper atmosphere, at an altitude of 20 kilometers (12 miles). The team behind the rocket is called Copenhagen Suborbitals.
The new test is meant to support the development and testing of advanced technologie... |
28 July 2012
07:24 GMT |
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Following a bidding competition, the European Space Agency (ESA) has selected two companies to lead the development effort on a new heavy-lift delivery system, Astrium Space Transportation and OHB AG will lead two consortia dedicated to this objective.
Interestingly, the bidding competition featured a third company... |
18 July 2012
09:33 GMT |
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Officials from US aerospace and defense contractor Alliant Techsystems (ATK) announce that the rocket and manned spacecraft the company is building have just passed a critical NASA review. This is an important step towards ensuring the two entities continue their collaboration.
ATK is developing the Liberty rocket a... |
18 July 2012
08:07 GMT |
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According to an announcement made today, July 11, by Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson, the company will enter the commercial satellite launch business, through a newly-developed delivery system, which will carry out its maiden flight in about 4 years. Dubbed LauncherOne, the new rocket has two stages, and ... |
11 July 2012
11:53 GMT |
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Officials at the NASA John C. Stennis Space Center, in Mississippi, announce the successful completion of a new series of rocket firings, meant to test the performances of the J-2X motor.
The engine will power up the upper stage of the American space agency's Space Launch System (SLS), a heavy-lift rocket that... |
9 June 2012
04:21 GMT |
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Press reports indicate that the North Korean Unha-3 delivery system – which carried the Kwangmyongsong-3 Earth-monitoring satellite – failed to reach orbit earlier today. The vehicle and the spacecraft it carried are now believed to lie at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
Despite international pressures ... |
13 April 2012
05:49 GMT |
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Despite international protests, North Korean officials announced plans to go ahead with the launch of a new rocket to Earth's orbit, sometime between April 12-16. Many analysts fear that this is, in fact, a test of the country's long-range missiles.
The Unha-3 (Galaxy-3) delivery system will be carrying th... |
11 April 2012
07:37 GMT |
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has just released a new review video of the first-ever launch of the Vega delivery system. The small rocket has joined the organization's rocket pool, and now sits alongside the Russian-built, medium-lift Soyuz and Arianespace's heavy-lift Ariane 5.
The first Vega launch mar... |
7 March 2012
11:07 GMT |
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At 07:00 local time, the first Vega light-lift delivery system launched successfully from the Kourou Spaceport, in French Guiana, South America. The rocket was commissioned by the European Space Agency (ESA), which now finally has all payload mass segments covered.
Small satellites will from now on be launched aboa... |
13 February 2012
08:59 GMT |
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After completing a whole bunch of tests, officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) say that their newest delivery system, the Vega light-lift rocket, is finally ready for its maiden flight. Its first takeoff will occur on February 13, from the Kourou Spaceport, in French Guiana, South America.
This rocket fills a... |
3 February 2012
06:00 GMT |
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Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that the first Vega delivery system is now ready for launch. The rocket finished its final checkout at the Kourou Spaceport, in French Guiana, South America, on Friday, January 13.
Its maiden flight – dubbed VV01 – is currently scheduled to occur on ... |
19 January 2012
20:01 GMT |
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For the first time ever, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) launched more rockets in a year than the United States did. The achievement was marked last Thursday, when the Asian nation successfully launched a new high-resolution mapping satellite in Earth's orbit.
This again highlights the growing a... |
27 December 2011
03:47 GMT |
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In a meeting held on December 14 in Evry, France, representatives from Arianespace and the European Space Agency (ESA) signed a contract that binds the company to launch the Sentinel-2B and Sentinel-3B satellites aboard a Vega rocket. Takeoff will occur from the new Vega installations at the Kourou Spaceport, in Fren... |
19 December 2011
02:32 GMT |
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The Kourou Spaceport, in French Guiana, South America, is currently bustling with activity. European Space Agency (ESA) engineers have just delivered the first stage of the first Vega rocket to its launch pad, and have already started working on it.
Vega is the smallest delivery system ESA plans to use for launchin... |
11 November 2011
09:42 GMT |
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Iran apparently tried to launch a rhesus monkey into space this September, but the mission was a failure. News outlets are now suggesting that the Iranian space program may have been stalled for a while, as the damage is being assessed.
Putting a live monkey in low-Earth orbit (LEO) would have represented a monum... |
13 October 2011
03:37 GMT |
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On Thursday, September 29, the first components of the new Vega delivery system left Avio’s facility in Colleferro, Italy, where they were built. They were packaged neatly beforehand, as engineers prepared them for their long journey to South America.
These elements are bound for the Kourou Spaceport, which ... |
5 October 2011
04:08 GMT |
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When the Falcon 9 rocket carried the unmanned Dragon space capsule to space last December, representatives from Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) were delighted about their success. However, they are now admitting that the delivery system suffered a glitch during the flight.
Until now, Falcon 9 f... |
13 September 2011
05:49 GMT |
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Experts at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia will soon launch a series of four rockets into Earth's ionosphere, a layer of the atmosphere that contains mysterious electric currents. Some of the these little-understood currents interfere with electrical signals coming from satellites. The exact nature ... |
15 July 2011
03:47 GMT |
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Media reports in Iran indicate that the country may have just launched its second satellite ever. The spacecraft, designed and built by Iranian scientists, took off aboard a Safir delivery system yesterday, June 15, reports currently making the rounds show. The Iranian government has tasked the Islamic Republic News ... |
16 June 2011
04:51 GMT |
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A new rocket engine design has just been completed at the American space agency, and experts here are eager to put it to the test. The thrusters could be used on the upper stage of the new heavy-lift delivery system that Congress tasked NASA with putting together over the next couple of years.The rocket engine is cal... |
14 June 2011
03:38 GMT |
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Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that the organization managed to launch an Ariane 5 heavy-lift delivery system on May 20. Take-off took place from the Kourou Spaceport, which the agency operates in the French Guiana, South America.This is the third successful launch for the Ariane 5 rocket this ... |
21 May 2011
07:05 GMT |
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Experts with Arianespace, a French group that became the first commercial space transportation company, announce that a heavy-lift delivery system scheduled to launch two new satellites in Earth's orbit yesterday, March 30, failed to launch after system checks discovered a glitch.
The rocket, a massive Arian... |
31 March 2011
02:52 GMT |
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Engineers at the American space agency conducted an innovative test yesterday, March 23, which saw a simulation of a rocket stage getting crushed into a pulp. Results obtained from this could in the future help delivery system builders and designers create more reliable heavy-lift rockets.Structural strength tests su... |
24 March 2011
04:05 GMT |
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According to an announcement made on Thursday, March 17, Iran recently launched a new rocket into space, carrying on top of it a space capsule. The capsule was reportedly designed to accommodate a monkey. The launch took place on Tuesday, March 15, the release further shows. The announcement was made by the Islamic R... |
18 March 2011
04:35 GMT |
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Officials at NASA announced recently that upcoming satellite missions contracted to fly to space aboard the Taurus XL delivery system may not use this rocket after all. The decision is the result of last week's accident, which saw a climate-science spacecraft collapse into the ocean aboard this rocket.After the ... |
12 March 2011
06:56 GMT |
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The American space agency could get an additional $3 billion in funding for the development of a heavy-lift delivery system to be used in upcoming missions. The organization may also get $350 million in space sciences funding boosts. This would raise the total NASA budget for the remainder of the fiscal year to no le... |
9 March 2011
19:11 GMT |
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Experts at private company Armadillo Aerospace are currently seeking to develop the necessary experience to put a vehicle in low-Earth orbit, and they are going about fulfilling that object by creating a tube rocket as a test platform. From the outside, the vehicle looks like a sounding rocket, but Armadillo says tha... |
24 January 2011
09:55 GMT |
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For years, aeronautics experts have been trying to find alternatives to the standard space launch – a rocket that is powered by burning chemical fuel. An alternative proposition that scientists are seriously considering now calls for the use of lasers or microwaves beam to launch spacecraft.Under the new approa... |
22 January 2011
04:54 GMT |
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According to an official at the private company United Launch Alliance (ULA), which is a joint venture between major corporations Lockheed Martin and Boeing, it would appear that more than 19 percent of the staff currently employed by the Alliance will be let go soon.This means that, over the next couple of... |
4 January 2011
02:53 GMT |
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A few days ago, a rocket carrying scientific instruments took off from the Arctic, hurtling into our planet's beautiful light displays called the aurora. The goal of the investigation was to gain more insight into the phenomenon that causes satellites in low-Earth orbit (LEO) to experience drag.
The launch to... |
16 December 2010
02:36 GMT |
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In preparation for next year's launch of the first European navigation satellite, the European Space Agency (ESA) is currently setting up its technical bases. Having completed the network that will collect the orbital signals, it is now moving to testing the spacecraft themselves.
The instrument that will la... |
11 December 2010
06:38 GMT |
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For the past decade or so, governments around the world have been working together on building the International Space Station (ISS), a science facility meant to boost cooperation and to advance space studies. But many voices call for the next step, the construction of a structure dedicated to space exploration. I pe... |
20 November 2010
06:58 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that experts at the John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC), in Mississippi, have conducted a new rocket engine test yesterday, November 10, in order to assess the performances of a private booster engine developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC).The liquid-fuel AJ26 e... |
11 November 2010
08:22 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that it has recently selected 13 corporations to conduct negotiations with for the potential awarding of contracts concerning the creation of trade studies and system analysis for prospective heavy-lift launch vehicle system concepts.Under the new NASA Authorization Bil... |
9 November 2010
04:50 GMT |
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In an event that took place on October 16, a Russian ILS Proton rocket delivered a new American radio satellite into geostationary transfer orbit, from a space center in the Asian steppes. The delivery system was operated by International Launch Services (ILS), which is a global leader in providing the commercial sec... |
18 October 2010
02:57 GMT |
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Engineers and experts with 21 teams are gathering this week on the Isle of Man, to take part at the Google Lunar X Prize Summit, a discussion with all those involved in the multi-million-dollar effort.The main goal of this competition is to land an autonomous, private, home-made robot on the surface of the Moon,... |
5 October 2010
07:02 GMT |
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Despite the fact that the faith of Project Constellation is nearly sealed, experts at NASA and contractor Alliant Techsystems (ATK) have just finished running a new rocket motor test, of the engine that was supposed to go on the ARES I delivery system.This was a critical part of the Project, namely the component that... |
1 September 2010
03:29 GMT |
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Yesterday, August 24, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) launched a new mapping satellite in Earth's orbit. The event took place at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, a facility located in the Gobi Desert, near the Chinese-Mongolian border. The announcement was made by the official news agency Xinh... |
25 August 2010
05:06 GMT |
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In recent times, more and more of the organizations, companies and groups involved in satellite launches have begun turning their attention to nanosatellite, which are very small counterparts to the larger, school bus-sized ones. Due to advancements in miniaturization technologies, these spacecrafts can perform rough... |
10 August 2010
04:50 GMT |
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Investigators from the United Launch Alliance (ULA) and XCOR Aerospace, two key players in the private space industry, announced recently that they managed to create a piston pump that can function for liquid hydrogen. Previous investigations conducted last year showed that operations conducted with such pumps and hi... |
9 June 2010
05:11 GMT |
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Officials at the Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) announce that they are currently targeting a June 4 launch date for their Falcon 9 rocket. The delivery system was assembled at its Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) launch pad months ago, but thus far various tech... |
2 June 2010
08:54 GMT |
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Promontory, Utah-based Alliant Techsystems (ATK), one of the main contractors for the American space agency and the space-shuttle program, announced that it delivered the last shuttle-rocket segments to Florida this Thursday (May 27). The parts were delivered to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, whic... |
29 May 2010
04:05 GMT |
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Officials at the Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announce that they have set a launch date for their new medium-lift rocket, Falcon 9. The delivery system is now scheduled to take off on May 28, from a launch facility at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), in Florida. The... |
21 May 2010
03:04 GMT |
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Under US President Barack Obama's new budget proposal, NASA is to spend the next five years searching for alternatives to the ARES V heavy-lift delivery system. The massive rocket was a part of the now-proposed-for-cancellation Project Constellation, but a review panel found it to be insufficiently advanced and ... |
13 May 2010
03:16 GMT |
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Although officials at the Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) told the media that they were aiming for an April 12 launch date for their new, commercial space vehicle, it would now appear that the Falcon 9 medium-lift rocket is targeted for a May 8 lift-off. The new delay is due to the... |
6 April 2010
03:15 GMT |
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Originally scheduled to take off in February, the European Space Agency's (ESA) new Earth-observing satellite, CryoSat-2, was delayed by an unexpected technical glitch. The spacecraft was supposed to take off aboard a Russian-built Dnepr delivery system, but shortly before the launch, engineers discovered an err... |
19 March 2010
05:46 GMT |
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It would seem that the Chinese have acquired the taste for space exploration and rocket launches. Following its successful first manned mission to orbit, and also the first extra-vehicular activity (EVA), the nation now plans ahead for the future, and its ideas are not at all unfeasible. The country wants to launch t... |
9 March 2010
03:44 GMT |
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The Russian Federation has made no secret from the fact that it plans to construct its own global navigation system, similar to the American Global Positioning System (GPS). In order to do this successfully, and to gain global coverage, the nation's space agency, RosCosmos, needs to deliver a large number of sat... |
2 March 2010
03:21 GMT |
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