All articles by Rob Coppinger – Page 14
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Georgia researchers aim for low acoustic signature UAV
A prototype unmanned air vehicle designed to be as quiet as possible is being planned by a team of Georgia Institute of Technology Research Institute engineers. Funded...
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NewsNASA considers Altair descent stage cargo return role
NASA is considering launching Moon rock samples into low lunar orbit using refuelled Altair lunar lander descent stages to overcome the cargo return limitations...
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ESA's future launcher programme demonstrators
Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle. The IXV project started in 2005 to test re-entry technologies including thermal protection systems, guidance, navigation...
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Could 2011 seal the Ariane rocket's fate?
The European Space Agency's lofty goals of an all-new rocket, partially or completely reusable, entering service around 2020 are falling by the wayside as...
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NewsStage recontact is Ares biggest performance threat
NASA has concluded that its Ares I crew launch vehicle's first and upper stages could collide after separation...
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WhiteKnightTwo second flight with vortex generators added
WhiteKnghtTwo, the twin-fuselage carrier aircraft that will lift Virgin Galactic's suborbital SpaceShipTwo to its 50,000ft (15,150m) launch altitude, is...
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US Air Force Laboratory plans 2010 refuelling robot demonstration
An automated aircraft ground refuelling robot, under development by the US Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and...
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NASA analyses synthetic fuel emissions
In a bid to understand synthetic fuels' emissions, NASA has fitted its McDonnell...
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December Italian all-fuel cell flight planned
A modified Alpi Aviation Pioneer 300 ultralight is expected to fly in June using only batteries....
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NASA sets out Altair lunar lander timetable
NASA has sketched out the development timetable for its return-to-the-Moon Constellation programme's Altair lunar lander, aiming towards a long-term target...
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Obama offers NASA $150 million for NextGen
NASA's work on the US air transport industry's NextGen air traffic control system could see its annual budget more than doubled if President Barack Obama's...
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Europe's past space tourism studies
Future High-Altitude Flight - an Attractive Commercial Niche? was a 12-month, €127,000 ($170,000) European Union Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) project...
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NewsEurope aims for 2015 SpaceShipTwo competitor
The prospect of an all-European competitor to US suborbital tourism projects has become stronger with the €7.3 million ($9.68 million) funding of the Future...
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Honeywell T-Hawk to enter UK service in September
The UK Ministry of Defence is to buy 12 Honeywell T-Hawk micro air vehicles, with the type to see use in Afghanistan ...
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NewsVirgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has rocket motor test success
Virgin Galactic's Rocket Motor Two propulsion system for SpaceShipTwo has successfully completed hot firing tests...
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Consortium urges improvements in green engine research technologies
Modelling and physical testing technologies must improve to achieve the 80% nitrous oxide emission reduction target set by the Advisory...
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€28 million EU anti-EMF interference project starts work
A four-year €28 million ($37 million) European Union project to reduce the risk to aircraft from electromagnetic interference will explore ways of enhancing...
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Griffin departs NASA predicting 2015 Chinese Moon mission
China could attempt a manned circumlunar flight in 2015, says outgoing NASA administrator Michael Griffin. Griffin, a George Bush appointee who left...
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Rolls-Royce completes HiSTED YJ102R engine test
Rolls-Royce has completed an initial test of its YJ102R engine for the US military's ...
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Biodiesel powers Atlas rocket engine
A vegetable-based diesel fuel has been used to power a Rocketdyne...