All articles by Rob Coppinger – Page 51
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NewsWeather set to delay Space Shuttle Discovery's launch, scheduled for 21:35h local time
Weather predictions put the chance of a launch scrub today, due to clouds over Kennedy Space Center, at 60%, with all of the Shuttle's lanch abort landing sites also reporting unacceptable climatic conditions
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Japan prepares lifting body tests with re-entry vehicle experiments planned for late 2007
Re-entry vehicle experiments planned for late next year
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How Falcon hypersonic vehicle will keep its cool
DARPA demonstrators among developments discussed at Canberra conference
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DARPA picks UAV teams with very small ideas
Agency aims to explore aerodynamics of vehicles as small as hummingbirds or insects
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Space tug in cost-cutting redesign
Industry looks to simplify orbital life-extension vehicle to save money as it investigates financing schemes
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NewsUK's Blue Streak testing ground to see Storm rocket firing
On Monday 13 November UK launcher developer Starchaser is to fire its 15,393lb (68.5kN) thrust Storm engine at RAF Spadeadam in northern England.
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NASA approves 2008 Hubble repair mission, with impact on scope for Orion CEV
NASA's overwhelmingly popular decision to mount a Space Shuttle mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope will affect the agency's plans for the Orion crew exploration vehicle (CEV)
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US Army battle laboratory studies hand-launched Dragon Slayer micro UAV for battlefield surveillance
The US Army’s battle laboratory is to buy several prototypes of the Miraterre Flight Systems Dragon Slayer hand-launched micro unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to develop it into a low-cost, expendable surveillance tool for soldiers.
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NewsRussian Explorer vehicle awaits US cash decision
Prodea pins investment in suborbital launcher development on feasibility study
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NASA may pay Energia to do work on Orion crew vehicle
US agency solicitation could lead to Russian space company becoming APAS supplier