All articles by Rob Coppinger – Page 18
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Congress directs NASA to fund small UAV research
The US Congress has directed NASA to develop small unmanned air vehicles that would operate in remote areas in its Authorisation Act for the space and aeronautics...
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Last Shuttle extension flights have no rescue capability
An extension of Space Shuttle missions beyond 2010 could see orbiters visiting the International Space Station without the assigned rescue flights that have...
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NASA successfully tests Orion solar array technology
NASA and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) have concluded initial testing and deployment of 5.5m (18ft)-diameter UltraFlex solar arrays for the US space agency's...
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Lavochkin begins phase B work for Luna-Glob 1 orbiter
Russia's satellite and planetary probe specialist, the Lavochkin Association , has begun phase B design...
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European GPS augmentation service to start by 2010
The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) could be...
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ESA's next generation rocket details emerge
Details of a next-generation launcher that could be deployed by the European Space Agency in 2025 emerged at the 59th...
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ESA's Intermediate Experimental Vehicle begins major design review
The European Space Agency's Intermediate Experimental Vehicle (IXV) programme will begin its preliminary design review on 4 November with a test flight target...
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Soyuz TMA-13 readies for 12 October flight
The orbital module of the Samara Space Centre Soyuz-FG rocket containing the Energia Soyuz...
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Low-pressure compressor completes Vital tests
A low-pressure compressor, integrated into an aeronautic engine fan module, has successfully completed a seven-week test programme as part of the European...
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Clean Sky's Green Regional Aircraft programme begins work
The European Union's €174 million ($240 million) Green Regional Aircraft programme ...
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NASA to spend millions on future supersonic airliner technology
NASA has awarded 18-month research contracts worth a total of $12.4 million to six industry teams. The teams will study advanced concepts for subsonic and...
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Swedish Spaceport awaits government go-ahead
Virgin Galactic's plans for a spaceport in Lapland await the Swedish government's go-ahead as legal options are scrutinised
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Ares I-X test flight facing uncertain launch date
NASA's Ares I-X flight mission team does not expect its test rocket to be launched...
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Sky Warrior completes take-off and landings using AAI control station
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) Sky Warrior unmanned air vehicle has completed automatic take-off and landings using the Extended Range/Multi-Purpose...
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ESA plans for 2016 'mid life evolution' of its Ariane 5
The next version of the European Space Agency's Ariane 5, the Mid Life Evolution (ME), could be operational in 2016 with a payload to geostationary transfer...
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New French Soyuz launch site to be upgraded next year
Construction of €20 million ($28.3 million) worth of equipment necessary to launch the latest version of the Samara...
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SpaceX offers NASA $80 million lunar cargo lander service
Space Exploration Technologies has proposed to NASA a robotic cargo lunar lander service that would be priced at $80 million per mission. SpaceX proposed...
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