All articles by Rob Coppinger – Page 13
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NewsPICTURE: Virgin Galactic makes WhiteKnight Two structural changes
To solve handling and stability problems Virgin Galactic has made structural modifications to the vertical stabiliser fins of its WhiteKnight Two...
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Six-month delay for first Ares I five-segment rocket test
NASA's first firing test of the five-segment solid rocket motor, DM-1, for the Ares I crew launch vehicle , has been...
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NewsInternational Moon mission study to examine crew rescue
Earth and lunar orbit crew rescue using a common docking system will be studied by the world's major space agencies
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Europe's Vital partners claim engine successes
propulsion rob coppinger london The Vital signs of progress Environmentally Friendly Aero Engines programme partners claim some success but technology...
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Aerospace primes show suborbital military transport interest
Potential military applications for suborbital spaceflight are being studied by some of the biggest players in the US defence industry. Northrop Grumman,...
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Legal deadlock halts Europe's $68 milllion Clean Sky projects
The selection of partners for €50 million ($65.7 million) of research contracts for the European Union's Joint Technology...
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NewsNASA's Orion heat shield decision expected this month
One of the greatest engineering challenges in spaceflight is to protect a spacecraft from the searing heat of re-entry, as the fate of the Space Shuttle...
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Thick flying wing for UAVs faces windtunnel tests
In August a thick-wing concept that could be used for a radically different high-altitude long-endurance unmanned air vehicle will be tested in a Turin...
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French lead medium-term alternate fuel deployment study
A 26-month European project to understand the technical, economic, social, environmental and geopolitical impacts of alternate aviation fuel and energy sources...
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Canada focuses on green aviation technology
The government of Canada has created its Green Aviation Research and Development Network (GARDN) that is designed to foster the development of technologies...
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NewsVirgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo mothership to make public debut this July
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo (SS2) mothership WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) is to fly...
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NewsSecret files reveal US interest in UK HOTOL spaceplane
As the first UK-funded launcher technology programme in 22 years begins, Flightglobal.com can reveal secret US government interest in British Aerospace's 1980s' HOTOL spaceplane
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PICTURE: GKN manufactures A350 XWB wing-spar prototype
UK manufacturer GKN has shown off the first examples of prototype composite rear wing spars for the Airbus A350 XWB wing-box demonstrator at its Yeovil plant...
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Satellite collision prompts calls for orbital traffic management
The in-orbit collision earlier this month that destroyed an Iridium communications satellite has prompted a call for a multinational space situational awareness...
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UK investigates twisting, bending morphing winglet
Composite materials that could form the skin of a morphing aircraft have been tested for their suitability for a shape-changing winglet that would deliver...
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Skylon spaceplane engine technology gets European funding
A $8.5 million air-breathing rocket engine technology demonstration programme has been announced after the European Space Agency contributed €1 million...
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NewsUK government to back air-launched satellite launcher
The UK government is prepared to fully support the development of the air launched micro satellite carrying rocket proposed by Virgin Galactic
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Carbon nanotube catalyst to improve fuel cell endurance
Cost and performance limitations have kept fuel cell-powered unmanned air vehicles within the military domain, but new catalyst technology could see this...