All Space articles – Page 57
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This Week - Briefings
BALPA DROPS COURT ACTION OVER OPENSKIES DISPUTE British Airways' pilots union BALPA withdrew its court action over pilot recruitment plans for the...
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Apollo-like capsule chosen for Crew Space Transportation System
In a departure from previous spherical Russian capsule designs, a conical manned capsule with a service module has been selected for the European...
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Constellation's year of preliminary design reviews sees mixed progress
Leaders of NASA's return-to-the-Moon Constellation programme are reporting steady progress despite a delay from September to November of the Orion crew exploration...
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Technology briefs
JAPAN DEVELOPS BALLOON-LAUNCHED VEHICLE PROPULSION The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is developing a balloon-based operation vehicle that would...
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100 Greatest - Moment Nominations
Find out more information about the final nominations for the 100 Greatest Moments
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NewsNASA: more radar testing for Phoenix lander than all Mars probes combined
NASA has outlined its testing plan for the entry, descent and landing system that it hopes will get its Phoenix...
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Space station partners agree six crew transport operation
Later this month the International Space Station's partners will formally agree the arrangement for the transport and emergency return of the station's crew...
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ESA to begin third round of astronaut selection in 30 years
The European Space Agency launched its third astronaut selection round on 8 May at the UK's Science Museum in...
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Thales Alenia Space-built Jason-2 arrives at Vandenberg
The Thales Alenia Space-built Jason-2 satellite, to be launched by a Boeing Delta II rocket on 15 June from Vandenberg Air Force Base, has left its Cannes...
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NewsSoyuz design changes to address 'ballistic' re-entries
Flight has obtained details of proposed changes to Energia's Soyuz spacecraft to address the likely cause of the Soyuz TMA-11 crew's...
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NASA keeps Orion landing reassessment results secret
NASA's work to resolve its Orion crew exploration vehicle's (CEV) landing system mass problems is being prolonged as one key study's deadline has been extended...
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Undisclosed Russian company funds suborbital vehicle study
Russia's Myasishchev Design Bureau (MDB) is working on a feasibility study for an air-launched, 27,000kg (59,400lb),...
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GIOVE-B takes off from Baikonur
The European Space Agency's second Galileo global navigation satellite system demonstrator, Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element (GIOVE)-B, was successfully...
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DARPA reveals hypersonic test plans
Details have emerged of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) plans to test fly its two expendable dart-shaped Hypersonic Technology...