All articles by Rob Coppinger – Page 29
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UK considers joint NASA robotic Moon mission after 2012
A joint report by NASA and the British National Space Centre has recommended that the UK and USA collaborate on a robotic lunar mission that would be launched...
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Bigelow finalises Lockheed deal for crew and cargo delivery
Commercial orbital complex developer Bigelow Aerospace is in the final stages of negotiating a deal with Lockheed...
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DARPA extends robot ATC research for UAVs
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has approved phase two of a research project to enable the automation...
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AeroVironment awarded $45.8 Million contract option for Raven and support services
AeroVironment (AV) has announced its award of a $45.8 million 12-month contract option by the US Army for additional...
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US Apache Longbow's to get direct UAV video link for targeting
The US Army will field a live video streaming system in the third quarter of this year which will enable its Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter...
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ONERA develops micro-UAV gas turbine engine
French aerospace agency ONERA has tested a tiny combustion chamber for use in a prototype micro gas turbine that could...
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GFS enters new flying-saucer UAV in UK MoD's Grand Challenge
GFS Projects is to participate in the UK Ministry of Defence's Grand Challenge...
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European supersonic business jet windtunnel tests progress
Airfield performance and related wing configuration effects for a supersonic business jet (SSBJ) have been tested in the Emmen, Switzerland based- RUAG...
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PICTURE: First ESA/Russian Crew Space Transportation System concept emerges
This image, from a future of human spaceflight presentation given on 29 January at the EADS Astrium site in Bremen, Germany, is one of the concepts undergoing...
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Technotes 12 February
FLIGHTS COULD ENABLE TALK-BY-LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS US researchers are examining how turbulence around an aircraft affects laser transmissions. Funded...
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NewsNASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis launches carrying ESA's Columbus laboratory
NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis had a smooth start to mission STS-122 carrying ESA's Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station, after a two-month delay following the cancellation of its December launch
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NewsScaled Composites' explosion investigation points to oxidiser tank failure
California's occupational safety and health division investigation into Scaled Composites' 26 July 2007 nitrous oxide explosion points to...
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ESA seeks purchase of more ISS astronaut time
The European Space Agency wants to increase its astronaut time on the International Space Station from six months in every two years to six in every year...
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NewsVirgin considers SpaceShipTwo/White Knight II pilot tuition
Simulator and in-flight training on SpaceShipTwo...
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ISS tourism trips to end with April 2009 flight
Space tourism trips to the International Space Station will no longer be possible from May 2009 when the station increases its crew compliment from three...
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NASA plans 15 April 2009 Ares I-X flight test
NASA's Ares I-X test flight of a four-segment solid rocket motor with a dummy fifth segment, upper stage and payload will take place on 15 April 2009, sources...
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ESA funds MEMS satellite propellant gauging system
The European Space Agency has awarded Swedish company NanoSpace a €500,000 ($740,000) contract to develop a propellant gauging...
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SpaceX successfully fires first stage with two engines
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) conducted the first two-engine firing of the first stage of its Falcon...
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NASA signs co-operation agreement with South Korea's KAIST
NASA's Ames Research Center and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have agreed to...
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NewsVirgin Galactic's White Knight II to roll out in May
Virgin Galactic expects Scaled Composites to roll out its SpaceShipTwo...