All articles by Rob Coppinger – Page 47
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Qualification process to test ESA's ATV
NASA International Space Station safety concerns and commercial cargo supply issues to be resolved by review
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SpaceX aims for Falcon 1 launch at 2300h GMT today
SpaceX is to attempt to launch its Falcon 1 rocket from its Pacific Kwajalein Atoll launch site at 0900h Tuesday 20 March local time, 2300h GMT UK time today.
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NewsSoftware glitch hinders Orbital Express demonstration
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Orbital Express prototype satellite servicing vehicle suffered a guidance failure after its 8 March launch.
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NewsNASA chief warns of further Orion maiden flight delays
Without a fully funded fiscal year 2008 budget for its exploration systems programme NASA chief Michael Griffin expects the US to have no human spaceflight capability for more than four and a half years from 2010.
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International Space Station module Node 2 renamed Harmony
The Italian built US International Space Station module Node 2 has been renamed Harmony in a US school competition.
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NewsCryosat-2 mechanical integration begins
Integration has begun at EADS Astrium for the European Space Agency’s Cryosat-2, replacing the original Cryosat spacecraft lost during its launch in October 2005
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NewsSpaceX unveils new Dragon capsule details
Space Exploration Technologies has released new detail about its cargo and crew carrying Dragon capsule following its internal prelimninary design review completed earlier this month.
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NewsJapan's Kibo International Space Station experiment module arrives at NASA
The Experiment Logistics Module's pressurized section for the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s International Space Station Kibo experiment module arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday 12 March.
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NewsPictures: UK Military Skynet 5A satellite launched successfully
Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket successfully launched the UK government’s Skynet 5A and Indian Space Research Organisation’s INSAT 4B satellites into geostationary transfer orbit
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Video: Exclusive film of Skynet 5A and INSAT 4B launching Ariane 5 rocket's launch pad
See exclusive video taken of the Skynet 5A, INSAT 4B launching Ariane 5 rocket's ELA-3 launch pad in Kourou, prior to the Sunday 11 March 1900hr launch.
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US government's technology export rules 'a risk' to security of International Space Station
The US government's technology export rules threaten the safe operation of the International Space Station (ISS), a Congressionally mandated report has concluded.
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EU poised to investigate as Galileo faces further delay
Study likely to highlight failure of industrial partners to agree management structure
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NewsSpace Adventures' suborbital plans hang in the balance
Russia's Federal Space Agency has pulled out of the development of the five-person Explorer vehicle US space tourism company Space Adventures planned to use for its proposed suborbital service
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NewsOld Spanish trail in the path of Spaceport's FAA licence, possibly delaying Virgin Galactic's New Mexico hopes
The proximity of an historic Spanish Empire trading route to New Mexico's Spaceport America is set to delay major construction work, potentially putting back the 2010 start of the $1 million a year lease to be agreed with anchor tenant Virgin Galactic.
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Up to 20 civilian zero-gravity flights to be outsourced by NASA to passenger jet operator from september
NASA plans to begin outsourcing its microgravity flight testing needs starting in September. In a request for proposals (RFP) to be released by next week, the agency will seek a provider to fly as many as 24 NASA passengers on up to 20 reduced-gravity flights a week, with 40-60 parabolic ...