Space – Page 63
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ISS re-supply contract to be awarded to unproven contractors
NASA could place a commercial International Space Station resupply contract next year before any possible bidding company will demonstrate sending cargo...
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Italy and Germany make step towards Galileo satellite navigation programme financing resolution
The European Union member-state impasse over the financing of their troubled Galileo...
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SpaceX passes ISS docking review
Space Exploration Technologies has passed its systems requirements review with NASA for its third Commercial Orbital Transportation...
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This weeks briefing
ENDERS SPELLS OUT DOLLAR THREAT TO STAFF COST-CUTTING Airbus chief executive Tom Enders has told workers radical measures may be needed to further...
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NewsExtra Shuttle missions and three orbiter fleet beyond 2008 raise NASA budget questions
NASA has told the US Senate it could decide in the second quarter of 2008 to continue using its orbiter Atlantis after its planned retirement date...
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NetJets contract means mothballs for NASA Gulfstreams
NetJets has won a five-year, fixed-price contract from NASA's Space Operations...
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SpaceX completes Merlin 1C booster testing
SpaceX has completed testing of its latest Merlin rocket engine in preparation for a Falcon 1 launch in the first quarter of 2008. The kerosene-fuelled Merlin...
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UK argues for commercial role in lunar exploration
The UK is urging government-funded space agencies to focus their Moon mission efforts on developing technologies that do not yet exist - and leave development...
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New Euro-Russian manned spacecraft concept expected in 2008
The European Space Agency is pushing to have ready by March or April next year a firm concept for the joint...
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UK to announce up to $52 million for space technology research
The UK may announce a national technology programme worth up to £25 million ($52 million) this December that would help develop a UK robotic lunar spacecraft...
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India sets lunar probe launch for April 2008
India plans to complete the integration of its first lunar probe, Chandrayaan-1, by year-end, to meet the scheduled launch date on 9 April 2008. The lunar...
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Fourth spacewalk repairs damaged ISS solar array
Anchored to the end of the orbiter's sensor boom, STS-120 mission specialist Scott Parazynski assesses his repair work as the solar array is fully deployed...
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Europe's Columbus lab readied for 6 December launch
The European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory has been moved to the launch pad at NASA's...
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UK ministries of defence and education to consider funding launchers
The UK government is ready to provide seed-corn funding for indigenous launch vehicle development, for the first time since its Blue Streak ballistic missile...
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Business briefings
BOEING PUMPS $7 BILLION INTO SHARES STOCK Boeing is to repurchase up to $7 billion of common stock. The company, which a week ago posted a $1.1 billion...