Space – Page 60
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UK space strategy enters the unknown
Soaring rhetoric and grand ambitions are the order of the day at the UK's British National Space Centre (BNSC). Indeed, its new "2008 to 2012 and beyond"...
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ESA plans data relay constellation
The European Space Agency is to propose to its member states a European data relay satellite system (EDRSS) that could...
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Columbus lab opens for science research
The European Space Agency last week took a step - literally - into its future as a full partner in...
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UK considers joint NASA robotic Moon mission after 2012
A joint report by NASA and the British National Space Centre has recommended that the UK and USA collaborate on a robotic lunar mission that would be launched...
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Endeavour orbiter set for vehicle assembly
On 11 February NASA's Orbiter Vehicle (OV)-105 Endeavour was rolled from its Orbiter Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center into the Vehicle Assembly...
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Bigelow finalises Lockheed deal for crew and cargo delivery
Commercial orbital complex developer Bigelow Aerospace is in the final stages of negotiating a deal with Lockheed...
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Briefing 12 February 2008
US carrier mergers 'an imperative', says United consolidation United Airlines chief executive Glen Tilton told an audience at the carrier's annual...
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NewsNASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis launches carrying ESA's Columbus laboratory
NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis had a smooth start to mission STS-122 carrying ESA's Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station, after a two-month delay following the cancellation of its December launch
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NewsScaled Composites' explosion investigation points to oxidiser tank failure
California's occupational safety and health division investigation into Scaled Composites' 26 July 2007 nitrous oxide explosion points to...
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ESA seeks purchase of more ISS astronaut time
The European Space Agency wants to increase its astronaut time on the International Space Station from six months in every two years to six in every year...
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NewsVirgin considers SpaceShipTwo/White Knight II pilot tuition
Simulator and in-flight training on SpaceShipTwo...
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ISS tourism trips to end with April 2009 flight
Space tourism trips to the International Space Station will no longer be possible from May 2009 when the station increases its crew compliment from three...
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NASA and India renew co-operation
NASA and India have signed a pact on space exploration that sets the terms for future co-operation in the peaceful uses of outer space. Signed on 1 February...
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NASA plans 15 April 2009 Ares I-X flight test
NASA's Ares I-X test flight of a four-segment solid rocket motor with a dummy fifth segment, upper stage and payload will take place on 15 April 2009, sources...
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ESA funds MEMS satellite propellant gauging system
The European Space Agency has awarded Swedish company NanoSpace a €500,000 ($740,000) contract to develop a propellant gauging...
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NewsVirgin Galactic's White Knight II to roll out in May
Virgin Galactic expects Scaled Composites to roll out its SpaceShipTwo...
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Scaled goes back to the future for Virgin Galactic
Will the second decade of the 21st century finally see the dawn of personal spaceflight as a practical, fare-paying, scheduled reality? Virgin Galactic certainly...
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€1 billion ESA/JAXA Mercury mission faces keys tests
Key technical milestones have yet to be achieved for the €1 billion ($1.46 billion) joint European...