All articles by Rob Coppinger – Page 42
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Work begins on first new NASA rocket engine test stand for 40 years
Tree clearing began on 13 June for NASA's first rocket test stand for 40 years, the A-3, to test the new Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne J-2X engine
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NewsPICTURES: Astrium aims for 2012 suborbital tourism flights
By 2012 EADS Astrium wants to begin suborbital tourism flights with its proposed space jet
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Tech Notes 19 June 2007
EADS has extended its Innovation Works virtual research organisation to the UK.
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NewsNASA puts avionics contract out to tender for its Ares I crew launch
NASA has launched a competition to provide avionics for its new Ares I crew launch...
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Italy’s contribution to GMES launched
The first of four spacecraft for Italy's Cosmo-SkyMed constellation of small satellites for...
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Dayton university explores rapid shuttle turnaround
Thermal protection system technologies that would allow a Space Shuttle-like vehicle to be turned around in 8h or less are being investigated by the University...
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Wireless strain gauge successfully demonstrated
Use of wireless strain gauges to detect stress and strain in a structure has been demonstrated with the help of US...
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Feet on the ground: Europe's space policy
Fifty years after the launch of the first satellite, the Soviet Union's Sputnik, Europe has agreed its first space policy. But against US plans for a return...
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The right stuff? The race for the next dominant commercial aircraft...
Europe and the USA are investing in aeronautics research, but in different ways. Who will win the race to deliver the next dominant commercial aircraft?
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China tests engines for new space launch vehicle
China has completed testing of the engines for its new generation of kerosene/liquid oxygen-fuelled boosters, but may not launch them from the proposed Huinan...
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NASA seeks safer cooling for Orion crew exploration vehicle
A fluid that can operate within and outside the warm confines of a spacecraft's habitable volume is the goal of ongoing NASA thermal control work for its...
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Computer could detect astronaut in video from space
NASA could monitor astronauts on long space missions using an automated method of indirectly analysing the stress levels in individuals using optical recognition...
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International space co-operation framework unveiled
A joint framework for a global space exploration strategy enabling vehicle interoperability and property rights agreements has been made public by its authors...
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Moon and Mars programme costs estimated at $500bn
ESA adviser says expense means exploration should be billed as global enterprise
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Rolls-Royce tests material to give JSF engine some bling
Lightweight composite bladed ring to be put through paces in demonstrator powerplant
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Chinese spacewalk 'not in 2008'
Extra vehicular activity unlikely to take place during third manned mission as water tank for training not yet built