All Space articles – Page 51
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Gulfstream fly-by-wireless trials to continue
Gulfstream says it will continue testing a fly-by-wireless system on its G550 advanced flight controls aircraft until...
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ESA's BepiColombo mission's costs balloon
The cost estimates for the joint European Space Agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) double-spacecraft BepiColombo...
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Armadillo wins NASA lunar lander challenge
Texas based-rocket developer Armadillo Aerospace has won the $350,000 Northrop...
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EASA's space tourism approach requires certification
The European Aviation Safety Agency has unveiled its proposed regulatory approach for suborbital aircraft at a space...
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India begins Chandrayaan-2 work
Following the successful launch of India's first lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1 on 22 October the...
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Picture: Endeavour makes pad move ahead of ISS launch
Space shuttle Endeavour was moved from Launch Pad 39B to Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center this week in preparation for the STS-126 mission to the International...
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This Weeks briefings
Abu Dhabi's Mubadala has secured its second partnership deal with a major European aerospace...
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CSTS service module design updated
The service module of the proposed Crew Space Transportation System (CSTS) had its design modified during October, while in Bremen there were further discussions about the project's workshare.
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Final firing test of Japan's H-IIB first stage set for February
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries expects to conduct the captive firing test of Japan's new H-IIB...
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Congress demands US rocket engine report
A report on the US industry's ability to develop rocket engines must be supplied to the US Congress by 15 January. The demand for the report is contained...
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NASA Lunar Lander technology to be field tested next year
NASA will next year field-test the laser altimeter, camera and flash light detection and ranging (lidar) technology that its Altair Lunar Lander could use...
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NASA says Ares I could send payload to the Moon
NASA has concluded that a single Ares I crew launch vehicle could send a 454kg (998lb) payload to the Moon using a 1,750kg robotic lander. The US space...
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Aero Sekur's inflatable heat shield passes re-entry test
Flexible material specialist Aero Sekur's Spacecrew Emergency Module has passed what the company calls...
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This week briefings
AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE FOR GLOBAL TWINS SAFETY Bombardier says more than one-third of its 147 Global XRS and Global 5000 super-large business jets...
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Congress takes first step to funding ISS to 2020
NASA has until July 2009 to produce a plan to extend the life of the International Space Station to 2020, according to new US legislation. The ISS...
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Congress directs NASA to fund small UAV research
The US Congress has directed NASA to develop small unmanned air vehicles that would operate in remote areas in its Authorisation Act for the space and aeronautics...
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Last Shuttle extension flights have no rescue capability
An extension of Space Shuttle missions beyond 2010 could see orbiters visiting the International Space Station without the assigned rescue flights that have...
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Lavochkin begins phase B work for Luna-Glob 1 orbiter
Russia's satellite and planetary probe specialist, the Lavochkin Association , has begun phase B design...
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India plans new manned rocket launch pad
The Indian Space Research Organisation plans to build a third launch pad at its Satish Dhawan Space Centre...