All articles by Rob Coppinger – Page 33
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NASA licenses combustion chamber sensor technology
Silicon carbide (SiC) pressure sensor technology that can be used in the high temperatures of jet engine combustion chambers has been licensed by its developer,...
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ESA considers lunar lander proposal
A lunar lander study that could lead to a 2011 start for a development programme is being considered by the European Space Agency as a proposal for its 2008...
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Alphasat deals will see commercial use from 2012
Inmarsat has placed a contract with EADS Astrium for the Alphasat I-XL, a telecommunications satellite developed jointly with Thales Alenia Space through...
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NASA manned Mars mission details emerge
A 400,000kg (880,000lb) Marship would be assembled in orbit using three Ares V cargo...
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ISS re-supply contract to be awarded to unproven contractors
NASA could place a commercial International Space Station resupply contract next year before any possible bidding company will demonstrate sending cargo...
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SpaceX passes ISS docking review
Space Exploration Technologies has passed its systems requirements review with NASA for its third Commercial Orbital Transportation...
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Extra Shuttle missions and three orbiter fleet beyond 2008 raise NASA budget questions
NASA has told the US Senate it could decide in the second quarter of 2008 to continue using its orbiter Atlantis after its planned retirement date...
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Spain aims for 2009 morphing VTOL UAV test
A prototype vehicle that can transition from rotary-wing to fixed-wing mode is to be test flown in 2009 under Spain's Helicopter Adaptive Aircraft (HADA)...
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Infrared thermography detects delamination in composites
CTA is seeking to commercialise an infrared thermography system that can detect delamination in composites where ultrasound has failed. A thermal imager...
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Spain's CTA research centre steps up European involvement
Spain's Bilbao-based Aeronautical Technologies Centre (CTA) is stepping up its involvement in European-funded...
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Italy special: Alenia: our future is collaboration in cyberspace
Alenia is aiming to emulate its rivals and do as much as possible in cyberspace to cut the time it takes to bring an aircraft from the drawing board to market ROB COPPINGER TURIN
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UK argues for commercial role in lunar exploration
The UK is urging government-funded space agencies to focus their Moon mission efforts on developing technologies that do not yet exist - and leave development...
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New Euro-Russian manned spacecraft concept expected in 2008
The European Space Agency is pushing to have ready by March or April next year a firm concept for the joint...
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UK to announce up to $52 million for space technology research
The UK may announce a national technology programme worth up to £25 million ($52 million) this December that would help develop a UK robotic lunar spacecraft...
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Alcatel's path to Thales
In July 2005 France's Alcatel and Italy's Finmeccanica formed the two joint ventures of...
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Airbus A350F matches Boeing MD-11 cargo volume says European airframe manufacturer
The proposed all-cargo version of the Airbus A350 XWB will offer Boeing MD-11F levels of payload and volume, but development is unlikely to begin until work...
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NASA admits 'significant threats to performance' of Ares I launcher
NASA has admitted in an internal Johnson Space Center circular that there are "significant threats" to the performance of its Ares I rocket...
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Fourth spacewalk repairs damaged ISS solar array
Anchored to the end of the orbiter's sensor boom, STS-120 mission specialist Scott Parazynski assesses his repair work as the solar array is fully deployed...
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Europe's Columbus lab readied for 6 December launch
The European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory has been moved to the launch pad at NASA's...
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Objectives of Vivace research programme
Vivace is a European Union Sixth Framework (FP6) research programme ....