Apologies to Nephew Peter Checketts of Hong Kong who thought I was a bit mean to have a go at the quality of in-flight services on some (unidentified) domestic Chinese carriers. It has been many moons since your Uncle was in that region and it's good to know the rice bowl has been broken...hopefully not due to turbulence!
Source: Flight International
China’s AVIC has secured a contract from the China Manned Space Agency to develop a winged, reusable spacecraft called Haolong.
The UK Space Command’s first owned earth observation microsatellite has been launched, providing the inaugural element of a planned space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) constellation.
Orbital launch pioneer SpaceX is being contracted by the American space agency NASA to develop a so-called “US Deorbit Vehicle” that can safely return the International Space Station to Earth via controlled re-entry.
