All articles by Rob Coppinger – Page 39
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PICTURE: First NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour launch in four years achieves orbit
NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched successfully from Kennedy...
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Success for Vinci rocket engine restart test
Arianespace has successfully carried out a re-ignition test of the new liquid-oxygen/liquid-hydrogen-fuelled Vinci upper-stage engine for its Ariane 5 launcher....
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UK claims general aviation engine first with 2,000h time between overhaul
UK joint venture Powerplant Developments is promising savings of more than $100,000 over 2,000h of operations with its new liquid cooled, two-stroke, three-cylinder,...
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European research to focus on open-rotor aircraft engines
A Rolls-Royce-led research programme to investigate open-rotor engines and new fuels could be approved next month for a 2008 start under the European Commission's...
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French alternate aviation fuels research to begin in December
A French alternative-fuels project involving laboratory-scale testing of blended fuels, second-generation biofuels and other candidates is to get under way...
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NewsESA plans second generation Galileo satellites
Four years before its first generation is operational, the European Space Agency is preparing to develop the next-generation...
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NewsNASA: new launch abort system design improves Orion's mass margin
Aerodynamic improvements to the launch abort system could let NASA increase the mass of its Orion...
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GIOVE-B satellite resits failed vacuum tests
The European Space Agency's Galileo navigation satellite network programme looks to be back on track with the resumption last week of vacuum testing of its...
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European Space Agency orbiter to monitor NASA Mars Phoenix landing
The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter is to monitor the 13min entry, descent...
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NASA plans 'Armageddon' spacecraft to blast asteroid
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center has designed a nuclear-warhead-carrying spacecraft,...
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Orion to see first umbilical EVA since 1974
NASA has chosen umbilical extra vehicular activity (EVA) as the space walk method for its Constellation...
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NASA: 2008 will decide if new rockets can deliver space station cargo
NASA expects progress, or the lack of it, next year for the agency's Commercial...
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NewsVirgin Galactic pushes test dates back
Virgin Galactic's leadership has pushed back the flight test and in-service dates for the space tourism company's...
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NASA plans large-scale experiments for health prognosis
NASA could be operating large-scale in-flight experiments in the 2010-11 timeframe as part of its intelligent...
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Tech notes
AIRCRAFT EXHAUST ANALYSIS CENTRE TO BE ESTABLISHED AT MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY MONITORING Project Alfa is to establish an aircraft exhaust...
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European reusable rocket engine details emerge
Details of a candidate reusable launch vehicle (RLV) rocket engine design for the European...
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NASA studies Soviet lunar lander design for Moon return
NASA's Lunar Lander project office has studied a Soviet lunar lander design that has a two-stage powered descent system. The Soviet...
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NASA considers larger Ares V launch vehicle fairings
NASA has been evaluating larger 10m (33ft) and 12m fairings for its Constellation programme's Ares V cargo launch vehicle that will carry the Earth departure...
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UK must end launcher opt-out say lawmakers
The UK government should consider offering seed-corn funding or a prize to encourage launcher development, according to a UK...
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NASA drops Ares I upper stage engine
NASA has stopped developing the 274,000lb-thrust (1,220kN) J-2XD engine version of its Ares...