All articles by Rob Coppinger – Page 30
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Scaled Composites faces prosecution over fatal explosion
Scaled Composites could still face a criminal or civil prosecution over the explosion that occurred on 26 July 2007 killing three of its employees. The...
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Scaled goes back to the future for Virgin Galactic
Will the second decade of the 21st century finally see the dawn of personal spaceflight as a practical, fare-paying, scheduled reality? Virgin Galactic certainly...
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€1 billion ESA/JAXA Mercury mission faces keys tests
Key technical milestones have yet to be achieved for the €1 billion ($1.46 billion) joint European...
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Airbus buys Hydrogenics fuel cells for DLR backed APU research
Airbus is conducting research into fuel-cell auxiliary power units with the German aerospace centre DLR, following the research organisations' purchase of...
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US Air Force funds radar research for Global Hawk
Successful testing of a sense-and-avoid anti-collision radar designed originally for general aviation could lead to a US Air Force Research Laboratory contract...
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NewsPICTURES: Virgin Galactic unveils Dyna-Soar style SpaceShipTwo design and twin-fuselage White Knight II configuration
Virgin Galactic has unveiled a SpaceShipTwo design, created by Scaled Composites, that harks back to the 1960s era NASA/USAF X-20 Dyna-Soar, and its carrier aircraft, White Knight II has been given a twin-fuselage configuration
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Tech notes
Netherlands advances engine research with Snecma CO-OPERATION Snecma and Dutch aero-engine cluster DAEC ...
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GMES Segment One will kick off key year for European space
The European Space Agency expects to achieve significant progress with its most important...
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NewsPICTURE: ATK releases first image of PlanetSpace COTS bid launch vehicle hardware
Alliant Techsystems has released information about its proposed Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration programme launcher for space services company PlanetSpace's bid, after PlanetSpace was selected as a finalist by NASA
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ATK awarded Orion crew exploration vehicle solar arrays contract
Lockheed Martin has selected Alliant Techsystems (ATK) to develop the Orion...
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Delft and Tsinghua universities plan climate change satellite mission
China and the Netherlands are to launch a pair of small formation-flying satellites in 2011 to monitor climate change. The Technical...
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NASA designs lunar positioning system for exploration
NASA is developing a lunar positioning system satellite constellation that would enable its Altair...
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GIOVE-B signal generator modified as launch slips to April
Preparations for testing the final configuration of Europe's Galileo navigation satellites have been boosted by the European Space Agency's announcement...
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Works starts on airliner dismantling facility
Tarbes Advanced Recycling & Maintenance Aircraft (Tarmac) Aerosave has begun work on constructing its first...
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British Interplanetary Society proposes ISS habitation module
The London based-British Interplanetary Society has proposed a UK built International Space Station habitation module that it estimates would cost £225 million...