All articles by Rob Coppinger – Page 40
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Khrunichev proposes first stage booster mid-air recovery
Russia's Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has developed a system of mid-air retrieval (MAR) for first-stage boosters involving a parafoil...
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Heat exchangers key to air-liquifaction launch system, says ESA
Heat-exchanger designs for a two-stage launch system that collects and liquifies air while in the cruise are to be tested by the European Space Agency. An...
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NASA lunar lander design plans revealed
Flight can reveal NASA's draft plans for its Constellation programme's Lunar...
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Russia achieves low-energy ignition of pulse-detonation engine
Russia has demonstrated a pulse-detonation engine (PDE) with low-energy ignition and a specific impulse of 800s in static conditions, about half that of...
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Computer could give pilots go-around advice
A flightdeck decision-support system for pilots of large commercial aircraft is to be tested in a simulator in the second half of this year by Airbus. The...
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17 July Briefings
Ilyushin manufacturer to join oak MERGER Uzbekistan's manufacturer of Ilyushin types, Tashkent Aviation Production Organisation, is to come under the...
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Technology briefing
Israel helps India with scramjet demonstrator HYPERSONIC Israel Aerospace Industries is co-operating with http://www.drdo.org/ India's Defence Research...
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Aerojet hails “controllable solids” propulsion success
Rocket propulsion specialist Aerojet has test fired a large-scale controllable solid rocket motor, demonstrating a propulsion...
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NASA to launch ISS GNC testbed in 2010
On one of the last Space Shuttle missions NASA intends to launch to the...
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NewsPratt & Whitney Canada selected for White Knight II engines
Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW308 turbofan engine is to power Virgin...
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NewsUSAF-funded bat study could produce better MAVs
A five-year, $6 million university research project has been launched by the US Air Force to examine how bats fly, in a bid to develop more adaptable micro...
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NewsAirbus A350 could benefit from EU noise research
The Airbus A350 is the first European airliner expected to benefit from the European...
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Protonex extends UAV fuel cell research
Fuel cell specialist Protonex Technology is being funded by the US Air Force Research Laboratory to increase the power...
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ESA study finds in-flight oxidiser collection possible
In-flight oxidiser collection possible, says ESA study A European Space Agency-funded study ...
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NGL Prime awarded future launcher contracts
The Astrium, Finmeccanica joint venture NGL Prime has finally received two contracts from the European Space Agency...
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India outlines suborbital flight test
The Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) has given details of ongoing work for its 2009 reusable launch vehicle demonstrator...
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Soyuz with electric thrust could rival Proton
Existing plasma thruster technology could more than double the Soyuz 2-1b's payload capacity to geostationary...
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Europe and Russia study modular manned spacecraft
A manned spacecraft that would be launched in modular sections and docked together in space is one of the concepts being considered for the Crew...
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NewsFlight logo successfully launched into orbit onboard Bigelow Aerospace Genesis II spacecraft
Flight is the first aerospace industry publisher to have its umbrella logo for its print and internet publications successfully launched into orbit onboard Bigelow Aerospace's Genesis II spacecraft
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European SSBJ design enters windtunnels tests at ONERA
European researchers have begun high-speed windtunnel testing of a supersonic business jet (SSBJ) design to investigate engine inlet size and nacelle integration...