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New rockets set to launch in 2024
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - Several new European and American rockets are set for blast off in 2024, at a time the aerospace industry faces a shortage of launch vehicles fueled by the rise of satellite constellations.
Rocket man Messi ready to fire MLS lift-off
AFP, Published on 08/06/2023
» MIAMI - Argentine superstar Lionel Messi's impending move to Inter Miami is set to be the biggest deal in the history of Major League Soccer and turbo-charges the league's aim to enter the American mainstream.
Giant SpaceX rocket left craters, serious damage to launchpad
AFP, Published on 24/04/2023
» STARBASE, United States: Flying chunks of concrete, twisted metal sheets, craters blasted deep into the ground: the thunderous power of SpaceX's first test flight of Starship -- the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built -- inflicted serious damage on its Texas launch site.
NASA returning to the Moon with mega rocket launch
AFP, Published on 15/11/2022
» CAPE CANAVERAL: Third time's the charm?
Final preparations underway for NASA's Moon rocket launch
AFP, Published on 14/11/2022
» CAPE CANAVERAL - After two failed attempts this summer, NASA was busy Monday completing final preparations for the launch of its new mega Moon rocket, now scheduled for early Wednesday from Florida.
Nasa's mega Moon rocket on way to launchpad
AFP, Published on 18/03/2022
» WASHINGTON: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (Nasa) massive new rocket was beginning its first journey to a launchpad on Thursday ahead of a battery of tests that will clear it to blast off to the Moon in mid-year.
Beam me up, Jeff! William Shatner lends Blue Origin star power
AFP, Published on 09/10/2021
» WASHINGTON - When Star Trek first aired in 1966, America was still three years away from putting people on the Moon and the idea that people could one day live and work in space seemed like a fantasy.
NASA test of mega Moon rocket engines cut short
AFP, Published on 17/01/2021
» WASHINGTON - NASA conducted a test firing of the engines for its giant Space Launch System (SLS) lunar rocket on Saturday but they shut down earlier than planned, the space agency said.
SpaceX launches Falcon mega rocket, lands all 3 boosters
Associated Press, Published on 12/04/2019
» CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: SpaceX launched its second supersized rocket and for the first time landed all three boosters on Thursday, a year after sending up a sports car on the initial test flight.
The way ahead for robotics
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 06/07/2016
» Behind the dramatic growth of South Korea is the advancement of science and technology, and the Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) is one of the main players in the country's technological achievement.