Space – Page 66
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NewsUK “should send humans into space” says exploration report
The UK should examine soon whether to engage in human spaceflight after 2010 with a detailed plan, according to the Space Exploration Working Group (SEWG)...
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NewsBritish astronaut: Government report makes astronaut corps recommendations
After half a century of an in-principle opposition to involvement in human spaceflight the UK government's British National Space Centre is set to recommend the evaluation of an astronaut programme
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NewsVirgin Galactic spaceship designer reveals changing ideas
Virgin Galactic's suborbital rocket glider SpaceShipTwo (SS2) could have a low wing and its carrier aircraft,...
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Headlines briefing
Lockheed passes key milestone for 2008 GPS demo SATNAV Lockheed Martin Space...
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European satellite servicing competitors announce new customers and new spacecraft
The two competing on-orbit satellite servicing companies, UK based-Orbital Satellite Services ...
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NewsPICTURE: First images of Spaceport America revealed
The first image of Spaceport America, the World's first dedicated spaceport, has been revealed following the selection of its architects
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Geosynchronous launch success for India
India successfully launched its three-stage Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), equipped with a Russian-supplied cryogenic upper engine stage,...
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Ares upper stage contract keeps Boeing in the Moon mission picture
Boeing has won a place on NASA's return-to-the-Moon ...
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Headlines briefing 4 September 2007
KUWAIT FUNDING REFUSAL FORCES AIRCRAFT CANCELLATION COLLAPSE Kuwait Airways has been forced to cancel its agreement to acquire 19 aircraft from lessor...
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Spaceflight in brief 4 September 2007
CANISTER LAUNCHES E*Prime Aerospace has selected the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA Wallops in Virginia as the launch site for its Canister...
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SpaceX prepares Falcon 9 rocket first-stage tank for tests
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has hoisted its Falcon...
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NewsConstellation's crawl worries Space Shuttle programme personnel
Slower than expected progress at NASA's return-to-the-Moon Constellation programme is raising Space Shuttle managers' fears about a future skills shortage for the agency...
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USAF looks to develop near-space unmanned systems
The US Air Force wants to continue exploring opportunities for very high altitude unmanned air systems, but major technical challenges need to be overcome...
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Dates set for inaugural French Guiana Soyuz launch and ESA/Russia manned spacecraft project start
Dates for the highest-profile collaborations between the European Space Agency and Russia's Federal Space Agency (FSA) were announced at the Moscow air show. FSA...
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Watch this space
WATCH THIS SPACE ROB COPPINGER BEIJING China has demonstrated its military capability in orbit, but its space ambitions are directed more towards...
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SpaceX Falcon 9's rocket engine's first flight in January
Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) first- and second-stage Merlin 1C engine , designed...
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Endeavour returns to Earth a day early after successful space station mission
Space Shuttle Endeavour landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 21 August, a day earlier than planned, due to fears over Hurricane Dean