Space – Page 43
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Working Week: Earl Lawrence fights for freedom of flight
In his role as vice-president of industry and regulatory affairs at the Experimental Aircraft Association, Earl Lawrence battles the corner for recreational aviators, from ultralights to ex-military jets
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This Week briefings
Singapore Airlines has delayed deliveries of eight Airbus A380s. The deferrals affect the airline's...
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NewsISS to get permanent logistics module lab
The International Space Station is to get another laboratory with the permanent berthing of a logistics module during Space Shuttle's final mission...
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NewsCan commercial firms win with NASA?
The Obama administration is asking whether private enterprise should be called up to give NASA a post-Shuttle boost...
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Astronauts back Constellation
Sixteen former astronauts have signed a joint statement in support of NASA's Moon return Constellation programme ....
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This week: Briefings
Sixteen former astronauts have signed a joint statement in support of NASA's Moon return Constellation...
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NewsWill Constellation live on?
This month NASA’s Orion undergoes a major design review and its launcher's solid rocket is tested but this week US president Barack Obama’s administration will be presented options that could see both cancelled...
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The Bear's stars shine brighter
A fresh vision is energising Russia's space programme after years of stagnation that followed the end of the Soviet Union
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Opinion
Comment: Oshkosh spectators hail WhiteKnight Two and the A380
Forgotten how inspiring aviation can be? Cast aside all cynicism and make a pilgrimage to AirVenture and join the crowds celebrating the passion of flight
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NewsOSHKOSH 2009: Virgin Galactic flies high at Oshkosh
Equity deal with Abu Dhabi investor will see Sir Richard Branson's space tourism venture offer low-cost satellite launches
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OSHKOSH 2009: WhiteKnight Two rudder change confirmed
Scaled Composites has cut a notch into the bottom of the WhiteKnight Two prototype's rudders and added operating cables. At this year's EAA AirVenture show...
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SpaceX faces crucial Falcon 9 test
Space Exploration Technologies' larger rocket will be key to the company entering the worldwide launch services market
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NewsOSHKOSH 2009: VIDEO: SpaceShip Two mothership lands at Airventure
Watch video of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two mothership WhiteKnight Two landing today at 14:47 local time at the EAA Airventure air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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NewsBREAKING NEWS 24 July 1969: Apollo 11 Astronauts Safely Return to Earth
Command module Columbia, containing the Apollo 11 crew, has safely returned the Earth on Thursday 24 July at 1751 BST, successfully completing the first manned Moon landing mission
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NewsBREAKING NEWS 21 July 1969: NASA Astronauts walk on the Moon following successful Moon landing
At 0356 BST today Apollo 11 mission commander Neil Armstrong made the historic first step on to the Moon's surface from the ladder of his Lunar Module Eagle
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NewsBREAKING NEWS 20 July 1969: Man successfully lands on the surface of the Moon
At 2118 BST today a dream that humanity had held for millenia became reality when NASA's Eagle landed in the Sea of Tranquillity after a dramatic and tense descent from command module Columbia
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NewsBREAKING NEWS 16 July 1969: PICTURES & VIDEO: Lift off! Moon-bound astronauts depart Earth on Apollo 11
Apollo 11's three astronauts lifted off today at 09:32 local time aboard their Saturn V rocket on the historic mission to make the first manned landing on the Moon
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SpaceX orbits first commercial satellite
Space Exploration Technologies' Falcon 1 orbited its first commercial payload, the Malaysian Razaksat satellite,...
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ISS reaches 13 crew, Endeavour has two missions left
Space Shuttle Endeavour blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center last...