All Space articles – Page 68
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New Energia boss says NASA contracts unaffected as firm faces management crisis
Vitaly Lopota, newly appointed manager of Russian space manufacturer RKK Energia, has promised that the firm will carry out all its contracts relating to...
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Orion to see first umbilical EVA since 1974
NASA has chosen umbilical extra vehicular activity (EVA) as the space walk method for its Constellation...
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NASA: 2008 will decide if new rockets can deliver space station cargo
NASA expects progress, or the lack of it, next year for the agency's Commercial...
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Aeronautics to offer unmanned helicopter
Aeronautics Defense Systems expects to conduct the first flight of a new...
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NewsVirgin Galactic pushes test dates back
Virgin Galactic's leadership has pushed back the flight test and in-service dates for the space tourism company's...
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European reusable rocket engine details emerge
Details of a candidate reusable launch vehicle (RLV) rocket engine design for the European...
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NASA studies Soviet lunar lander design for Moon return
NASA's Lunar Lander project office has studied a Soviet lunar lander design that has a two-stage powered descent system. The Soviet...
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NASA considers larger Ares V launch vehicle fairings
NASA has been evaluating larger 10m (33ft) and 12m fairings for its Constellation programme's Ares V cargo launch vehicle that will carry the Earth departure...
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UK must end launcher opt-out say lawmakers
The UK government should consider offering seed-corn funding or a prize to encourage launcher development, according to a UK...
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NASA drops Ares I upper stage engine
NASA has stopped developing the 274,000lb-thrust (1,220kN) J-2XD engine version of its Ares...
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NASA lunar lander design plans revealed
Flight can reveal NASA's draft plans for its Constellation programme's Lunar...
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NASA needs Apollo's lobbyists
NASA needs a real Apollo budget NASA administrator Michael Griffin has called his return-to-the-Moon Constellation programme "Apollo on steroids" and...
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Technology briefing
Israel helps India with scramjet demonstrator HYPERSONIC Israel Aerospace Industries is co-operating with http://www.drdo.org/ India's Defence Research...
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NASA to launch ISS GNC testbed in 2010
On one of the last Space Shuttle missions NASA intends to launch to the...
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NewsPratt & Whitney Canada selected for White Knight II engines
Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW308 turbofan engine is to power Virgin...
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USA explores alternative global strike concept
The USA is exploring an alternative global strike architecture that would provide high resolution surveillance and reconnaissance imagery of potential targets...
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Israel helps India develop scramjet demonstrator
Israel Aerospace Industries is cooperating with http://www.drdo.org/ India's...
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ESA study finds in-flight oxidiser collection possible
In-flight oxidiser collection possible, says ESA study A European Space Agency-funded study ...