All articles by Rob Coppinger – Page 25
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EU hypersonic project could benefit Vital engines
The European Union's European Space Agency-managed euro7...
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USAF's first wideband global communications satellite goes operational
The US Air Force's first wideband global communications (WGS) satellite is now operational...
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NewsNASA: more radar testing for Phoenix lander than all Mars probes combined
NASA has outlined its testing plan for the entry, descent and landing system that it hopes will get its Phoenix...
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Space station partners agree six crew transport operation
Later this month the International Space Station's partners will formally agree the arrangement for the transport and emergency return of the station's crew...
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ESA to begin third round of astronaut selection in 30 years
The European Space Agency launched its third astronaut selection round on 8 May at the UK's Science Museum in...
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Thales Alenia Space-built Jason-2 arrives at Vandenberg
The Thales Alenia Space-built Jason-2 satellite, to be launched by a Boeing Delta II rocket on 15 June from Vandenberg Air Force Base, has left its Cannes...
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ESA to fund re-entry vehicles study
A euro 500,000 ($786,000), high lift-over-drag configuration for re-entry vehicles study is to start later this year under the European Space Agency's general...
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NewsSoyuz design changes to address 'ballistic' re-entries
Flight has obtained details of proposed changes to Energia's Soyuz spacecraft to address the likely cause of the Soyuz TMA-11 crew's...
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NASA keeps Orion landing reassessment results secret
NASA's work to resolve its Orion crew exploration vehicle's (CEV) landing system mass problems is being prolonged as one key study's deadline has been extended...
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Undisclosed Russian company funds suborbital vehicle study
Russia's Myasishchev Design Bureau (MDB) is working on a feasibility study for an air-launched, 27,000kg (59,400lb),...
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Thales Alenia holds course
spaceflight rob coppinger Cannes Thales Alenia holds course European deals and new technology trump low-cost manufacture for Franco-Italian firm Last...
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DARPA reveals hypersonic test plans
Details have emerged of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) plans to test fly its two expendable dart-shaped Hypersonic Technology...
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Electroluminescence is key to invisibility
Flight has obtained these images of a 2m (6.55ft)-wingspan unmanned air vehicle fitted with an electroluminescent surface flying at an altitude of 1,000ft...
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Airbus plans radical new wing for A320 replacement
Airbus wants a radically new wing design for its A320 replacement - and expects help from the European Union's Clean...
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ESA investigates 'antenna' spacecraft structure
Micro and nano-sized spacecraft whose entire structures will act as the telecommunications antenna are to be investigated under a European Space Agency study...
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Oblique flying wings could fly in supersonic formation
Oblique flying wing (OFW) aircraft could fly in close formation supersonically for significant fuel savings, according to a year-long study sponsored by...
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Khrunichev reforms quality control after two launch failures
LAUNCHERS Proton failures spur quality initiative Following two launch failures of the Proton rocket within eight months its Russian manufacturer,...
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EC official warns UK of imminent Spanish composites competition
EC official warns UK of imminent Spanish composites competition
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NewsESA to undertake lunar rover study
The European Space Agency is offering €500,000 ($786,500) for a pressurised lunar rover phase 0/A study to produce a conceptual design...