Space – Page 71
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NewsEuropean Commission abandons public private partnership for the Galileo satellite navigation system
The European Commission has recommended that the public private partnership for the deployment of the Galileo satellite navigvation system infrastructure be abandoned and instead be publicly controlled and funded.
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NASA seeks crew recovery ideas
Agency outlines likely landing zones in event of abort during ascent on missions to Moon or International Space Station
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Transpiration cooling offers protection for spaceplanes
Water's high vaporisation temperature makes it ideal for re-entry nosecone treatment
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Agile marks first overseas payload for Indian launcher
Country's space ambitions boosted as Italian research satellite is sent into orbit
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NewsPioneering astronaut dies aged 84
Walter "Wally" Schirra, the only NASA astronaut to fly in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programmes, has died aged 84.
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NewsAirbus A380 Freighter could air launch space tourists
Air launching two six-person suborbital vehicles from the back of a specially modified Airbus A380 freighter is possible, according to a European Union study
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Picture: NASA unveils 3D images of the sun
NASA has released new 3D images of the sun from its Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO).