Israel conducted the trial of a rocket propulsion system in the early morning of May 29. The launch was captured by Israelis and posted on social media.
Category: Space
The next U.S. spaceplane will be from Boeing
Congratulations to Boeing for winning phase 2 and 3 of DARPA’s Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program.
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Primary U.S. targets for North Korean ICBMs
THAAD’s AN/TPY-2 detected launch of Hwasong-12 IRBM
South Korea’s defense minister told lawmakers on May 16 that the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD) deployed in the country was able to pick up the launch of North Korea’s Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM).
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X-37B has landed, this time in Florida
While the world was fixated over the French election, the X-37B fired its thrusters to deorbit and land at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility on May 7.
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U.S. Air Force courtesy photo
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