All articles by Rob Coppinger – Page 19
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NASA plans "adaptive wing control" tests
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center is to develop a small-scale flight-test article that uses "beyond state-of-the-art technologies" for adaptive wing-shape...
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Electric motor augmented sailplane flies
On 20 September a modified Edgley EA9 "Optimist" sailplane with electrically powered propellers made its first test flight at Tibbenham airfield in the UK....
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Europeans plan for greater spaceflight independence
The European Commission, European Space Agency and the European Defence Agency are to set up a government-industry task force to identify technologies for...
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EC attempts Galileo political bypass with preferred bidders
The European Commission and the European Space Agency's selection of preferred bidders for the procurement of the European...
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KC-X contest collapse hits TSAT system
The collapse of the US Air Force's KC-X tanker competition has had an impact on the service's transformational satellite communications system (TSAT), with...
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Constellation's challenges mount despite NASA approving Ares' review
As NASA publicised its Ares I crew launch vehicle's preliminary design review (PDR) ...
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Boeing proposes common bulkhead lander solution
A multi-engine ascent module and descent stage with common bulkhead propellant tanks have been the outcome of Boeing's work for NASA's...
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Orbital looks to October Wallops launch pad build
Next month's groundbreaking at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia will...
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UK government urged to improve national space capabilities
The UK government has been warned that the nation's capability in space systems is waning, while its military reliance on such technology is on the up ...
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SpaceX faces biggest COTS challenge yet
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is preparing for what it admits is the toughest milestone yet for NASA's commercial orbital transportation services...
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NASA's 21st century lasers to analyse 1980s open rotor
The operational testing of Glenn's refurbished open rotor propulsion rig will begin in the first week of next year. In co-operation with General Electric,...
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NewsNASA to confirm Orion design review slip to summer 2009
NASA is to confirm next week that its Orion crew exploration vehicle's preliminary design review is to slip from...
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Lockheed's Icarus gives operator mutiple unmanned vehicle control
Using a Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk III unmanned air vehicle , the US company has demonstrated...
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NewsSpaceX launches DragonLab for recoverable scientific payload service
Space Exploration Technologies is offering its Dragon capsule as a recoverable science cargo spacecraft with...
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NASA's Orion to see full-scale water recovery testing in January
A full-scale Orion crew exploration vehicle (CEV) test off the Florida coast in January 2009 is to follow water tank testing NASA has completed with a one-quarter...
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Four phases of ESA architecture
The architecture's four phases start with science on the completed...
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Northrop's P6 Fire Scout completes first flight
Northrop Grumman has conducted the first flight of its own MQ-8B Fire Scout ...
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NewsIndustry gives ESA its exploration ideas
Industry proposals for orbital complexes, Moon and Mars landers and a rocket capable of putting 50,000kg (110,000lb) into low-Earth orbit have emerged for...
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Armadillo Aerospace rocket engine flies
Texas-based Armadillo Aerospace's liquid oxygen and alcohol engine completed three test flights on 25-26...