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NewsWhiteKnightTwo first flight, SpaceShipTwo roll-out dates tipped
WhiteKnightTwo's first flight could be by 15 December and April 2009 is SpaceShipTwo's likely roll-out date, according to sources...
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ESA reverses 2005 decline but ambition is elusive
Space science was the clearest winner in the European Space Agency's member states' budget deliberations for 2008 to 2011, but high-profile plans for manned...
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Headline Briefings
EADS expects its Airbus unit to secure orders for more than 850 new aircraft this year, after the aerospace...
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Shuttle Endeavour en route to resupply ISS
NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour is en route to the International Space Station for its resupply mission, STS-126, after lifting off from Kennedy Space Center...
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NASA seeks more change for Ares I
Industry will have from 1 December until early January to bid for a NASA electric Thrust Vector Control (TVC) technical feasibility contract for the US space...
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2009 could see worldwide docking standards agreed
NASA is likely to start discussions with India and China next year about a common docking system that the US Congress has directed the space agency to investigate. The...
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FAA aims to extend its space tourism rules worldwide
Development of personal spaceflight safety oversight should be part of a United Nations process separate from existing international aviation organisations,...
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Endeavour awaits 14 November launch
NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour is expected to be launched...
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NASA faces Moon plan 30-month delay and $7 billion cost hike says report
The maiden flight of NASA's Ares I crew launch vehicle and its Orion crew exploration vehicle could be delayed until after September 2017, along...
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Land Launch aims for second lift-off
The international joint venture Land Launch is preparing for its second flight...
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India plans astronaut training centre by 2012
An astronaut training centre larger than 40.5Ha (100 acres), on the outskirts of Bangalore, is to be completed by 2012 in preparation for India's proposed...
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India plans for X-ray spacecraft 2009 launch
India's first dedicated astronomy research satellite, Astrosat , designed to observe the universe using...
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This Week briefing
EADS is slowing down production of the Airbus Military A400M transport, as it grapples with ongoing...
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London-New York via space
Could suborbital flight be a substitute for intercontinental supersonic transport?
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Italian Space Agency plans its relaunch
Italy is a prime mover in European space programmes, but its national ambitions could be affected by ESA budget needs
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Congress told: make NTSB official space accident investigator
A commercial human spaceflight safety report for Congress has recommended that new legislation should be passed to put the US government's National...