All articles by Rob Coppinger – Page 43
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NewsChina's first astronaut Yang Liwei talks exclusively to Flight
In an exclusive interview China's first man in space, Yang Liwei, talks to Flight at the 16th International Academy of Astronautics’ Humans in Space conference in Beijing
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NewsEuropean Space Agency and European Union to agree security accord
The European Space Agency and European Union are to negotiate a security accord for the exchange of classified information
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NewsEuropean Commission abandons public private partnership for the Galileo satellite navigation system
The European Commission has recommended that the public private partnership for the deployment of the Galileo satellite navigvation system infrastructure be abandoned and instead be publicly controlled and funded.
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NewsEuropean Space Agency and European GNSS Supervisory Authority sign Galileo agreement today
At noon today central European time the European Space Agency and the European GNSS Supervisory Authority will sign an agreement in Paris for the troubled Galileo satellite navigation programme
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NASA seeks crew recovery ideas
Agency outlines likely landing zones in event of abort during ascent on missions to Moon or International Space Station
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Transpiration cooling offers protection for spaceplanes
Water's high vaporisation temperature makes it ideal for re-entry nosecone treatment
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NewsPioneering astronaut dies aged 84
Walter "Wally" Schirra, the only NASA astronaut to fly in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programmes, has died aged 84.