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  1. Mashable: Track NASA’s Roman Space Telescope on its long cruise to deep space. “As the new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope heads for deep space, the public can follow its three‑month trip in near-real time with NASA’s online tracker. The spacecraft launched on Sunday, Aug. 30, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. It’s now cruising on its own toward its final orbit […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/06/mashable-track-nasas-roman-space-telescope-on-its-long-cruise-to-deep-space/
  2. I have been building rockets with a friend's son since he was 4. Now 12 years old he won a purple ribbon (Grand Champion) at the #minnesota state fair for his slightly enlarged "Big Bertha". A friend and I made a parts set and he assembled and painted it. The original is an #estes rocket from the 60s, a little over a foot tall. His version is a bit over 8 ft. We will fly it next weekend.

    #rocketry #highpowerrocket #modelrockets

  3. #IsarAerospace:
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    History for European spaceflight: Isar Aerospace reaches orbit and deploys payloads on second flight
    "
    ".. Mission ‘Onward and Upward’ lifted off from Isar Aerospace’s dedicated launch complex at Andøya Space in Norway at 10:12 pm CEST, deploying payloads in orbit. .."

    isaraerospace.com/press/histor

    5.9.2026

    #Andøya #Germany #Norway #OnwardAndUpward #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight #Spectrum

  4. #IsarAerospace:
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    History for European spaceflight: Isar Aerospace reaches orbit and deploys payloads on second flight
    "
    ".. Mission ‘Onward and Upward’ lifted off from Isar Aerospace’s dedicated launch complex at Andøya Space in Norway at 10:12 pm CEST, deploying payloads in orbit. .."

    isaraerospace.com/press/histor

    5.9.2026

    #Andøya #Germany #Norway #OnwardAndUpward #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight #Spectrum

  5. #IsarAerospace:
    "
    History for European spaceflight: Isar Aerospace reaches orbit and deploys payloads on second flight
    "
    ".. Mission ‘Onward and Upward’ lifted off from Isar Aerospace’s dedicated launch complex at Andøya Space in Norway at 10:12 pm CEST, deploying payloads in orbit. .."

    isaraerospace.com/press/histor

    5.9.2026

    #Andøya #Germany #Norway #OnwardAndUpward #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight #Spectrum

  6. #IsarAerospace:
    "
    History for European spaceflight: Isar Aerospace reaches orbit and deploys payloads on second flight
    "
    ".. Mission ‘Onward and Upward’ lifted off from Isar Aerospace’s dedicated launch complex at Andøya Space in Norway at 10:12 pm CEST, deploying payloads in orbit. .."

    isaraerospace.com/press/histor

    5.9.2026

    #Andøya #Germany #Norway #OnwardAndUpward #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight #Spectrum

  7. #IsarAerospace:
    "
    History for European spaceflight: Isar Aerospace reaches orbit and deploys payloads on second flight
    "
    ".. Mission ‘Onward and Upward’ lifted off from Isar Aerospace’s dedicated launch complex at Andøya Space in Norway at 10:12 pm CEST, deploying payloads in orbit. .."

    isaraerospace.com/press/histor

    5.9.2026

    #Andøya #Germany #Norway #OnwardAndUpward #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight #Spectrum

  8. #IsarAerospace:
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    Mission ‘Onward and Upward’ to launch NET 5 September
    "
    ".. launch window opens at 8pm UTC; 10pm CEST .."

    " live on YouTube. .. livestream will start at approximately: T-01h00min 9:00pm CEST .."

    youtube.com/live/Ss1DUqLjecc

    isaraerospace.com/mission-upda

    5.9.2026

    #Andøya #OnwardAndUpward #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight #Spectrum

  9. "Launchpad" by XKCD comic - Sometimes you need to change the rules... Sometimes you're up against the laws of physics. xkcd.com/3291/ #rocketry #space #oops #WTF #humor

  10. #SpaceSouct:
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    Ariane 6 Lightweight Upper Stage, Future Upgrades Cancelled
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    ".. update on the European Space Agency’s L4 mission to orbit and land on Enceladus revealed that the mission had to be re-architected due to a launch vehicle change. The project had been informed that Ariane 6 Block 2 would be the last major version of the rocket, .."

    spacescout.info/2026/08/ariane

    8.8.2026

    #Ariane6 #ESA #ICARUS #Phoebus #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight

  11. #TaipeiTimes:
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    Satellite launcher self-destructs after test anomaly: NCSIST
    "
    ".. vehicle being tested for the first time self-destructed after experiencing an anomaly shortly after liftoff, .. but no injuries or property damage were reported.
    .. test of the Taiwan-made launch vehicle was conducted this morning at its Jiupeng Base (九鵬基地) in a sparsely populated part of eastern Pingtung County. .."

    19.8.2026

    taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/ar

    #NCSIST #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight #Taiwan

  12. #GlobalTimes:
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    China’s large reusable rocket Xingyun-2 completes first long-duration engine test: reports
    "
    ".. engine is the primary power unit for Xingyun-2, a large reusable launch vehicle.

    According to the company, the test recorded a thrust of 1,297.5 kilonewtons, or about 132.3 metric tons, meeting all design expectations. .."

    globaltimes.cn/page/202608/136

    12.8.2026

    #China #DeepBlueAerospace #Nebula2 #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight #ThunderRS #Xingyun2

  13. #CCTV:
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    Chinese rocket team prepares to strive for more reuses after successful land recovery
    "
    ".. Zhuque-3 is initially expected to be reused 2 or 3 times. After data calibration, this may be extended to 5 or 6 times, and eventually to 10 times. "Ultimately, we hope to achieve the goal of 20 times, .."

    english.cctv.com/2026/08/21/AR

    21.8.2026

    #China #Landspace #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #Spaceflight #Wiederverwendung #ZQ3 #Zhuque3

  14. china.org:
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    Chinese commercial space firm completes long-duration test of reusable rocket engine
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    ".. Deep Blue Aerospace, .. based in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, said it recently completed a 100-second static-fire test of its Thunder-RS engine, a 130-tonne-class liquid-oxygen kerosene engine designed for the company's large reusable rocket, Nebula-2. .."

    china.org.cn/2026-08/22/conten

    22.8.2026

    #China #DeepBlueAerospace #Nebula2 #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight #ThunderRS

  15. 🚀 RAW AMBITION on two wheels! 🌟 In 1963, #ISRO pioneers pedaled a rocket nosecone by bicycle, sparking India's stellar space odyssey. Proof that stellar ingenuity defies budget limits! 🛰️💥 #science #Wissenschaft #SpaceHistory #Cosmos #Innovation #Physics #Tech #Rocketry #Astronomy #Future

  16. #wccftech:
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    China’s LandSpace Nails ZQ-3 Booster Landing After December Crash, Making China The Only Nation With Both Public And Private Reusable Rockets
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    "LandSpace's ZQ-3 rocket just became a viable counterpart to the state-backed CALT and its CZ-10B rocket"

    wccftech.com/chinas-landspace-

    18.8.2026

    #China #Honghu03 #Landspace #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #Spaceflight #Wiederverwendung #ZQ3 #Zhuque3 #Zhuque3Y2

  17. #SCMP:
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    China’s LandSpace beats SpaceX with steel-booster recovery after orbital launch
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    "Zhuque-3 is China’s second orbital rocket to demonstrate first-stage recovery after Long March-10B first stage was captured by net in July"

    scmp.com/news/china/science/ar

    19.8.2026

    #China #Honghu03 #Landspace #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #Spaceflight #Wiederverwendung #ZQ3 #Zhuque3 #Zhuque3Y2

  18. #CGTN:
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    Land recovery of China's Zhuque-3 reusable rocket first stage completed
    "
    ".. accurately placing the Honghu-03 satellite into its designated orbit.

    According to rocket developer LandSpace, the land recovery sequence of the first stage was completed as intended, .."

    news.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-19/

    19.8.2026

    #China #Honghu03 #Landspace #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #Spaceflight #Wiederverwendung #ZQ3 #Zhuque3 #Zhuque3Y2

  19. #TheStar:
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    China's space industry pioneer Wang Xiji dies at 105
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    "Wang Xiji, one of the pioneers of China's space industry and chief designer of the nation's first recoverable reconnaissance satellite, died in Beijing on Wednesday (Aug 12) at the age of 105. .."

    thestar.com.my/aseanplus/asean

    14.8.2026

    #CAST #China #CZ1 #LM1 #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight #WangXiji

  20. #JAXA:
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    Launch result of MICHIBIKI No. 7, Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZS-7) aboard H3 Launch Vehicle flight No.9
    "
    ".. Launch Vehicle flew as planned, and approximately 29 minutes and 4 seconds after the liftoff, the separation of QZS-7 was confirmed. Furthermore, QZS-7 was injected into the predetermined orbit. .."

    global.jaxa.jp/press/2026/08/2

    11.8.2026

    #GNSS #H3 #H3F9 #Japan #MICHIBIKI7 #navigationssatellit #QZS #QZS7 #Raumfahrt #Rakete #rocketry #Satelliten #SpaceFlight

  21. #Xinhua:
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    Chinas Rakete vom Typ „Lijian-1 Y13“ bringt fünf Satelliten erfolgreich ins All
    "
    "Die Rakete startete um 12:33 Uhr (Ortszeit Beijing) und brachte die Satelliten erfolgreich in ihre geplanten Umlaufbahnen."

    german.xinhuanet.com/20260516/

    16.5.2026

    #China #Dianjian1 #Jilin1Gaofen03 #JSLC #Jiuquan #Kinetica1 #Lijian1 #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #Rongcheng1 #SpaceFlight #Tianyan27 #Taijing3 #Tianyi50 #Youxi #Zhongke1 #ZK1

  22. #ChinaInSpace:
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    CAS Space Delivers City-Backed Earth Imaging Satellites From Jiuquan [Kinetica-1 Y13]

    For the company's fourteenth trek towards orbit, over one hundred total satellites have now been delivered for customers.
    "
    china-in-space.com/p/cas-space

    15.5.2026

    #China #Dianjian1 #Jilin1Gaofen03 #JSLC #Jiuquan #Kinetica1 #Lijian1 #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #Rongcheng1 #SpaceFlight #Tianyan27 #Taijing3 #Tianyi50 #Youxi #Zhongke1 #ZK1