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Rothschild values BAE Systems' Airbus stake at just €2.75 billion
Value is much less than BAE Systems had hoped for
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Shuttle launch scrubbed as clouds remain over Kennedy Space Center
The launch of Space Shuttle Discovery for International Space Station logistics mission STS-121 has been cancelled for today due to continued weather issues
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EADS resignations overshadow stunning win for UH-145 for US Army
$3 billion Light Utility Helicopter deal covers up to 352 aircraft
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Gallois and Streiff join troubled EADS as Forgeard and Humbert quit
Shareholder pressure forces out key EADS and Airbus players as outsider Christian Streiff joins aerospace veteran Louis Gallois (left) in new executive team
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Thunder clouds remain near Kennedy Space Center as NASA considers Shuttle launch
Flight International's Spaceflight editor Rob Coppinger continues Flightglobal.com's reporting from Kennedy Space Center of the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery for mission STS-121
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Forgeard and Humbert resign at crisis-hit EADS and Airbus
Forgeard and Humbert go, Louis Gallois and Christian Streiff step in.
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Storm clouds delay Discovery launch to 2 July but weather expected to get worse
Discovery is unlikely to launch before the next weekend as storm clouds force it to miss the window and the weather is closing in
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Weather expected to delay Space Shuttle Discovery
NASA is set to delay Discovery's launch because of storm clouds that represent a threat due to the potential for lightening strikes to the Orbiter during ascent
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Space Shuttle Discovery countdown is held at 9 minutes as Orbiter systems and weather checks are made
Discovery has 9min left to launch window from 1944GMT to 1953
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The seven astronaut crew of Space Shuttle Discovery is onboard the Orbiter, ready for International Space Station mission STS-121 to launch
Space Shuttle Discovery's crew is onboard and ready for launch
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Space Shuttle Discovery is ready for launch at pad 39B
On the morning of 1 July Space Shuttle Discovery is prepared for the loading of its external tank's liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen propellant, while sitting at launch complex 39B.
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Discovery crew boards Shuttle as STS-121 countdown continues
Space Shuttle Discovery crew boards the Orbiter as the STS-121 mission countdown continues
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NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services demonstration target date could be extended into the next decade
The 2010 target date for NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Service demonstrations, for competitive procurement of International Space Station cargo supply services early in the next decade, could change, according to the agency’s administrator.
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NASA renames exploration launch vehicles Ares 1 and Ares 5
NASA has renamed its launchers for its Vision for Space Exploration that will send US astronauts back to the Moon by 2020 and eventually onto Mars
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Kennedy Weather Center: Discovery Shuttle launch only '40% likely' due to Florida storms
Electrified Anvil clouds on the west coast of Florida could delay the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery, expected at 15:48 tomorrow, for its 12-day International Space Station (ISS) logistics mission STS-121.
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UK asked for details on 'detainee' rumours on stricken April 2004 Evergreen 747-100
The UK government has been formally asked to reveal whether the stricken Evergreen International Airlines Boeing 747-100 freighter that glided over central London while on an emergency landing procedure was carrying a detainee in a rendition flight.
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NASA details further external tank work as Shuttle Discovery prepared for launch
Even as it prepares Space Shuttle Discovery for its scheduled launch tomorrow, NASA plans continued external tank (ET) testing.
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Pictures: First French air force Rafale squadron operational, Patrouille de France flypast
Five years after the French Navy received its first aircraft, the Dassault Aviation Rafale fighter has entered French air force service, with the first squadron inaugurated on Tuesday with a flypast by the Patrouille de France.
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Aviakor ends Tupolev Tu-154M production after fulfilling last order
Russian aviation plant Aviakor has ceased the production of Tupolev Tu-154Ms after fulfilling last orders for building three of the type