The crew of International Space Station Expedition 12 – lasting from September to April 2006 – will not prepare for arrival of the European Space Agency’s automated transfer vehicle (ATV), confirming another delay to the ATV, which officially could fly from February. Nine of the vehicles are planned to be launched by Ariane 5 ECA from Kourou, French Guiana, to supply the station.
Source: Flight International
The US space agency and manufacturer AeroVironment will soon release a detailed review of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s final flight, which came at the end of three years of operations that saw 72 sorties and 2h of flight on the Red Planet.
Airbus has detailed proposed reductions that will reduce the headcount of its defence unit by approximately 5% over the next 18 months, with just over 2,000 posts to be removed.
China’s AVIC has secured a contract from the China Manned Space Agency to develop a winged, reusable spacecraft called Haolong.
