All Space news – Page 46
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2025 LEO shipyard is new ESA, Roscosmos goal
A shipyard in low Earth orbit that assembles Moon or Mars ships consisting of multinational elements for propulsion, habitation and re-entry capsules is...
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NASA lunar timeline
timeline 1989 July President George H Bush's Space Exploration Initiative speech. 1989 November NASA 90-day study of Moon and Mars exploration. ...
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This Week Briefings
AIRBUS TARGETS 1% AERO GAIN FOR A340 DRAG Airbus is redesigning the A340-500/600 belly fairing to provide a 1% reduction in aerodynamic drag in cruise....
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Altair and Ares V design contracts on hold till third quarter
NASA's Ares V cargo launch vehicle (CaLV)...
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Russia's Angara rocket family needs cash injection
Planned 2011 first flights of Russia's new light and heavy class rocket variants face credit crunch
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Scaled plans 50,000ft WhiteKnight Two flight by September
Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnight Two prime contractor Scaled...
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NewsNASA reconsiders outpost as 2020 Moon goal
After four years of bold talk about focusing its return-to-the-Moon programme on a permanent international outpost at the Moon's southern...
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NewsScaled admits WhiteKnight Two rudder problem
Scaled Composites has admitted to problems with the rudder on its WhiteKnight Two prototype...
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NewsPICTURES: Virgin Galactic's mothership suffers tail strike
A tail strike was suffered by Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnight Two prototype during its fourth flight test on 20 April...
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ESA's satellite ATM for European Single Sky prepares next phase
In 2014 a small geostationary orbit satellite could be launched to help modernise air traffic management in Europe. The satellite would begin deployment...
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NASA needs $5 billion extra every year says Congressional Budget Office
NASA needs to increase its annual average funding by $5 billion to almost $24 billion for the next decade. This sum will be enough for the space agency to...
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NewsSpace tourism: Galactic Gamble - Is the market Virgin's to lose?
Flight testing has begun for spaceline start-up Virgin Galactic's carrier aircraft but after a five-year mission to reach the final frontier, is it all too big a leap?
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Special report: Space Tourism
Flight testing has begun for spaceline start-up Virgin Galactic's carrier aircraft and beckons for its rocket glider payload SpaceShip Two in the second half of this year. But after a five year mission to reach the final frontier, is it all too big a leap for the UK brand?
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EXCLUSIVE: NASA's Orion could use European avionics
European avionics technology could be used for NASA's Orion crew exploration vehicle following an unfunded space act agreement with...
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Space tourism: The UK's next astronauts
A Briton first went went into orbit under the UK flag in 1991.Virgin's pilot astronauts could be in space by the 20th anniversary
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Space tourism: Fly at your own peril
US spacelaw says spaceflight tourists will go aloft with their eyes wide open to the risks of an all-new technology
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Space tourism: Wanted – high net-worth space enthusiasts
Danish-born financier Per Wimmer and US actress Victoria Principal are set for space Wanted: high net-worth space enthusiasts When looking for...