All articles by Rob Coppinger – Page 26
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Lockheed flight tests a scale-model flyback first-stage booster
A scale-model reusable first-stage flyback booster has been flight tested by Lockheed Martin Space Systems for an internally funded unmanned two-stage orbital...
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NASA begins work to solve boil-off problem
NASA has started the contractor selection process for its lunar surface thermal control system study that could find a solution to the biggest hurdle in...
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ESA considers cislunar space station for lunar exploration
The European Space Agency, Russia and Japan are all considering a cislunar orbital complex that could consist of a habitation section and a resource module...
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US-designed flying, crawling UAV to be proposed to UK MoD
A morphing micro air and land vehicle (MMLV) that flies and crawls along the ground is to be proposed to the UK Ministry of Defence...
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NASA selects companies for technology transfer contracts
NASA has selected two teams offering launch-site ground systems support technology and rocket-plume exhaust analysis instruments under its small...
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Technology briefs
AUSTRALIA TO EXPAND CIVILIAN UAV USE UNMANNED VEHICLES Australia's Queensland state government has launched its second unmanned air vehicle challenge,...
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Positive results encourage further UK Stern rocket work
A rocket nozzle that delivers optimal thrust across a much wider range of altitudes and which could be used for a UK spaceplane concept is to be tested again...
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Thales Alenia Space awarded Sentinel-3 contract
The European Space Agency has signed contracts worth over €500 million euros ($791 million) for the European...
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ESA considers robotic lunar cargo lander for Moonbase
The European Space Agency is considering a robotic cargo lunar lander that would deliver 1,700kg (3,700lb) to a manned outpost on the Moon. Flight...
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PICTURE: UK built SpaceX capsule revealed
Details have emerged of the UK's first commercially designed and built manned capsule that was delivered in 2005 to US customer...
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Orion crew exploration vehicle arrives at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
A full-scale flight-test mock-up of NASA's Constellation programme's Orion crew exploration vehicle has arrived at the US space agency's Dryden Flight Research...
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Boeing X-48B progresses to slats retracted flights
The Boeing X-48B blended wing body (BWB) scale-model demonstrator, called Low...
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British Army's Elbit Hermes 450 UAVs reach 7,000 flight hours
The British Army's interim use of Elbit Systems Hermes 450 UAVs in Afghanistan and Iraq has reached 7,000 flight hours ...
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Election year delay for NASA's Ares and Orion vehicles feared
The USA's presidential election could leave NASA short of the funding it needs to keep its Orion crew exploration vehicle and Ares I booster project on track...
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NASA rejects non-Shuttle answers to stranded ISS instrument
Pressure on the International Space Station's cargo delivery schedule has left NASA with no way to get an international antimatter experiment to the station. The...
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US Army funds center for swarming MAV technologies
The US Army Research Laboratory's new $10 million Micro Autonomous Science and Technology (MAST) Collaborative Technology Alliance (CTA) Center is to realise...
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ESA's cargo spaceship achieves automatic docking
The European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) , called Jules Verne, docked successfully at the International...
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US Army funds Bat-like micro air vehicle research
The US Army Research Laboratory has awarded the University of Michigan...
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Northrop Grumman Global Hawk Block 20 achieves 33h endurance
Northrop Grumman's high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) RQ-4 Global Hawk set an...