All Space articles – Page 49
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Griffin departs NASA predicting 2015 Chinese Moon mission
China could attempt a manned circumlunar flight in 2015, says outgoing NASA administrator Michael Griffin. Griffin, a George Bush appointee who left...
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ESA struggles with €80 million data relay project shortfall
An €80 million ($105 million) funding shortfall is threatening to reduce the capability of the European Space Agency's planned European...
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NewsESA fails to set maiden Soyuz launch date
The maiden launch of Samara Space Center Soyuz rockets from Europe's French Guiana spaceport now has no date for 2009...
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Building an International Space Station lifeline
Given an expected gap of five years between operational readiness for the Ares I crew launch vehicle in 2015 and...
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Race to International Space Station begins in earnest
NASA's nascent commercial orbital transport system (COTS) is expected to go live late next year under a $3.5 billion programme. The programme's aim is to...
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Forecasts 2009 - Space: Will 2009 build towards a greater new decade of space activity?
US programmes face some tough decisions, but Asia's space ambitions and private enterprise are set to light up 2009
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This Week briefings
Alaska Air Group subsidiary Horizon Air has reached agreement with Bombardier on a new schedule for Q400 turboprop...
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NewsVirgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo mothership faces rudder problem
Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo may need to have its rudder and yaw stability improved to resolve issues it faced during its 21 December 2008 maiden flight, Flightgobal.com can reveal...
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NewsFlight 100 - the next 100 years
We covered exciting, almost unbelievable, breathtaking developments in our first century of publishing. What might feature on our pages in the next 100 years?
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WORLD EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: SpaceShipTwo's mothership maiden flight
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo mothership WhiteKnightTwo made its historic 59min maiden flight at about 08:16 local time on 21 December from Mojave air and...
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: WhiteKnightTwo makes high speed taxi, deploys spoilers
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo mothership WhiteKnightTwo sped down a runway during a high speed taxi trial at Mojave air and spaceport on Tuesday 16 December,...
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NewsWORLD EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: SpaceShipTwo mothership runway trial
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo mothership WhiteKnightTwo moved down runway 30 during a low speed taxi trial at Mojave air and spaceport on...
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UK plans multi-million dollar Moon mission study
The British National Space Centre has announced a call for industry bids for a nine-month phase A study of its proposed...
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NewsNASA considers June 2018 Altair Lunar Lander in-orbit trial
NASA's Altair lunar lander could have its first test flight on the Ares V-Y launch in June 2018...
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NewsNASA sets out Ares V cargo launch vehicle development plan
NASA has detailed its plans to spend at least $68 million until 2013 on the development of the largest rocket ever, its proposed Ares...