Space – Page 61
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Unmanned aboard - Northrop Grumman aims to prove UCAS can operate from carriers
It is 2011, 100 years after the first aircraft landed on a ship, and Northrop Grumman's X-47B is on final descent to the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Truman,...
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NewsPICTURES: Virgin Galactic unveils Dyna-Soar style SpaceShipTwo design and twin-fuselage White Knight II configuration
Virgin Galactic has unveiled a SpaceShipTwo design, created by Scaled Composites, that harks back to the 1960s era NASA/USAF X-20 Dyna-Soar, and its carrier aircraft, White Knight II has been given a twin-fuselage configuration
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NewsPICTURE: ATK releases first image of PlanetSpace COTS bid launch vehicle hardware
Alliant Techsystems has released information about its proposed Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration programme launcher for space services company PlanetSpace's bid, after PlanetSpace was selected as a finalist by NASA
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NASA designs lunar positioning system for exploration
NASA is developing a lunar positioning system satellite constellation that would enable its Altair...
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GIOVE-B signal generator modified as launch slips to April
Preparations for testing the final configuration of Europe's Galileo navigation satellites have been boosted by the European Space Agency's announcement...
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British Interplanetary Society proposes ISS habitation module
The London based-British Interplanetary Society has proposed a UK built International Space Station habitation module that it estimates would cost £225 million...
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FAA personal spaceflight safety study aims for June recommendations
A personal spaceflight safety study aimed at helping to form legislation for sub-orbital tourist flights has begun in the USA. The US Congress-mandated...
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NewsESA aims for 22 February maiden flight for its space station cargo ship
The target launch date is 22 February for the European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle cargo spacecraft...
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ESA pushes for more astronaut time on space station
The European Space Agency is negotiating to increase its astronaut time on the International Space Station once its crew complement is increased from three...
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JAXA president outlines 2008 goals
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) president Keiji Tachikawa has outlined his agency's goals for 2008, referring to...
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India explores Russian help for new manned spacecraft
India and Russia may collaborate to develop a reusable manned spacecraft - if talks expected to start early this year bear fruit. Anatoly Perminov,...
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NASA's new Moon mission rocket engine could use French nozzle
The Apollo programme-derived Pratt & Whitney...
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Florida aerospace special - space industry still key
space Beyond the Shuttle Once the gateway to the Moon, Florida's role as a spaceport is changing - but NASA and its support industry are still...
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NASA gets full budget but COTS suffers 30% cut
NASA has been given $49 million more than it requested for the development of its Constellation programme's Ares...
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NewsNASA develops new docking system for Constellation
The first two manned Orion crew exploration vehicle flights to the International Space Station, scheduled from September 2015, will deliver a new NASA-developed...