All Space articles – Page 64
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UK ministries of defence and education to consider funding launchers
The UK government is ready to provide seed-corn funding for indigenous launch vehicle development, for the first time since its Blue Streak ballistic missile...
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Business briefings
BOEING PUMPS $7 BILLION INTO SHARES STOCK Boeing is to repurchase up to $7 billion of common stock. The company, which a week ago posted a $1.1 billion...
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VIDEO: Mercury Seven astronaut Scott Carpenter talks exclusively to Flight
Mercury Seven astronaut Scott Carpenter spoke exclusively to Flight
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NewsVIDEO: Apollo 15 command module pilot Al Worden talks exclusively to Flight
Apollo 15 command module pilot Al Worden talks exclusively to Flight
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VIDEO: Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan talks exclusively to Flight
Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan talks exclusively to Flight
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NewsVIDEO: Apollo 17 commander disapproves of NASA engineers' new lunar lander ideas
Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan praised NASA's young Constellation programme engineers but criticised their ideas for the agency's new lunar lander in an exclusive interview with Flight
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Harmony to expand space station research
The successful attachment of the European-built Harmony Node 2 module to the port side of the International Space Station's Node 1, called Unity, brings...
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Opinion
Comment: China's great leap for commercial space?
If China does pass legislation next year enabling the public private partnerships (PPP) Flight International has been informed are planned for its spaceflight...
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Harmony ready for action
The European-built International Space Station module Node 2, which is called Harmony, sits in the payload bay of NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery on flight...
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UK, NASA space co-operation report due in November
Ideas for potential UK-US lunar science and exploration co-operation will be made public in November. The 14-person British National Space Centre (BNSC)...
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NASA initiates Lunar Lander ascent main engine development
NASA is to specify an expendable, liquid oxygen (LOX)- and liquid methane (LCH4)-powered ascent main propulsion engine for its Constellation...
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Shuttle and ISS in perfect Harmony
The International Space Station's 7m (22.9ft)-long pressurised cylindrical Node 2 module "Harmony" is pictured being loaded into the payload bay of NASA's...
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Orion to orbit Earth for six days before lunar injection
NASA's Orion crew exploration vehicle could be orbiting the Earth for six days after it is docked with the Lunar Lander. There will also be three lunar orbit...
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NewsChina considers commercial Shenzhou flights
In the second quarter of 2008 a legal bill may be introduced into China's legislative chamber...
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NASA axes Rocketplane Kistler from cargo transport project and reopens funding bids
NASA has announced a new competition for a funded Space Act Agreement (SAA) worth $175 million for its $500...
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NewsNASA opens competition for $175 million in funds from terminated COTS agreement with Rocketplane Kistler
NASA expects to choose new COTS competitor in first quarter 2008 after selection process that starts next week
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NewsNASA terminates Rocketplane Kistler's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services demonstration space act agreement
NASA terminates Rocketplane Kistler's COTS agreement after a 30-day minimum formal notification period that saw the resignation of RpK's president Randy Brinkley
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NewsVIDEO: Apollo 12 lunar module pilot Alan Bean talks exclusively to Flight
Apollo 12 lunar module pilot Alan Bean spoke exclusively to Flightglobal.com about his NASA missions and more
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UK astronaut decision expected next year
As the world marked half a century of spaceflight in early October, the UK stood on the verge of making a historic decision to fully join the space age....
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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo plans held up by testing accident
Work on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo (SS2) is in a hiatus while the investigation into July's fatal Scaled Composites accident continues. A California...