All articles by Rob Coppinger – Page 38
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NASA looks to new vehicles flying in US airspace by 2025
To support development of the next-generation air transport system (NextGen), NASA is seeking detailed performance descriptions for advanced vehicles that...
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NewsConstellation's crawl worries Space Shuttle programme personnel
Slower than expected progress at NASA's return-to-the-Moon Constellation programme is raising Space Shuttle managers' fears about a future skills shortage for the agency...
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Europe plans alternative fuels implementation study
Up to five alternative aviation fuels will be tested in realistic conditions as part of a "well-to-wing" study being proposed to the European...
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Dates set for inaugural French Guiana Soyuz launch and ESA/Russia manned spacecraft project start
Dates for the highest-profile collaborations between the European Space Agency and Russia's Federal Space Agency (FSA) were announced at the Moscow air show. FSA...
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Watch this space
WATCH THIS SPACE ROB COPPINGER BEIJING China has demonstrated its military capability in orbit, but its space ambitions are directed more towards...
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SpaceX Falcon 9's rocket engine's first flight in January
Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) first- and second-stage Merlin 1C engine , designed...
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NASA prize challenge could boost general aviation and unmanned air vehicles
Advanced flightdecks, high-lift devices, short take-off and landing capabilities, fuel efficiency and low noise will be the focus of next year's $300,000...
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Europe aims for composite fuselage leap
Industry is waiting for the European Commission to approve matching funding for a proposed 60-month project with a potential for 60 partners. The project's...
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Stronger foam too late for Space Shuttle
The mechanical strength of thermal protection system (TPS) insulation foam has been substantially enhanced by adding nano-sized Kevlar fibres, tests have...
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Endeavour returns to Earth a day early after successful space station mission
Space Shuttle Endeavour landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 21 August, a day earlier than planned, due to fears over Hurricane Dean
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NewsVIDEO: China's lunar sample return, spacewalk and space station docking concepts revealed
Flightglobal has obtained a promotional video from Chinese aerospace prime contractor China Academy of Space Technology that shows computer generated video images of the country's first spacewalk, a lunar sample return rocket launching and...
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NASA requests private space station based research proposals
NASA has officially requested proposals from industry for International Space...
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Delta II dropped as NASA changes rocket purchasing
Despite price reductions offered by Boeing, NASA has decided to end its use of the Boeing...
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USA seeks to renew land-imaging satellite constellation
The US Department of the Interior is to take over an upgraded land-mapping operation to replace the 35-year-old Landsat programme. A new National Land...
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Surrey Satellite Technology wins US lunar orbiter study contract
Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) has been awarded a study phase contract for a potential joint US-UK lunar orbiter...
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NewsBigelow Aerospace to launch habitable spacecraft as soon as possible
Commercial space complex entrepreneur Robert Bigelow announced on 13 August that his...
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Tech notes
PROOF-OF-CONCEPT ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT UNVEILED BATTERY POWERED Wisconsin-based Sonex Aircraft has unveiled...
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Superhydrophobic coating to repel aircraft ice
New coating technology that could prevent fuselage and wing ice build-up and avoid the need for de-icing is under development at Georgia...
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United Launch Alliance to wade in on commercial ISS supply
NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Demonstrations (COTS) phase one competitors, Rocketplane-Kistler...
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Astrium/Thales jointly win $1.66 billion deal for new telecoms constellation
A $1.66 billion telecommunications satellite constellation design, construction and management contract has been awarded to a joint team of EADS Astrium...