Space – Page 89
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NewsESA to explore strategies for agency co-operation
Europeans want to identify space issues ripe for international collaboration
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Spaceflight photo of the week: 31 April 2006
This week's picture is from a series of unique pictures from the Flight International spaceflight archive, which goes back to the very beginning of the space age.
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NASA sets out CLV upper stage flight test timetable
Trials to start in second quarter of 2011, while contract could be placed in 2008
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NewsNASA Shuttle-derived future manned spacecraft CEV may get avionics from Boeing 787
Lockheed Martin’s proposals for NASA’s Crew Exploration Vehicle include Boeing 787-derived avionics and the use of thermal protection system material from the US space agency’s Stardust sample return capsule.
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NewsVirgin Galactic tests SS2 cockpit and considers pilot requirement
Virgin Galactic operations director Alex Tai and test pilot David Mackay have been flying the SpaceShipTwo (SS2) cockpit simulator at Scaled Composites in California to provide feedback on the pilot interface.
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CEV landing system re-evaluated
A rethink of the way vehicle’s crew capsule is recovered is the latest change in NASA’s future exploration plans
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ASTRO and Nextsat readied for thermal vacuum testing
‘Dynamics of space’ to be replicated for proving of satellite and servicing spacecraft
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US claims right to set new space tourism regulations globally after treaty examination
Washington claims right to regulate suborbital launches made by US companies anywhere around the world
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NewsThe Shuttle 25 years on: Flight special report
To mark the 25 years since the 12 April 1981 first launch of the NASA Space Shuttle, the Flightglobal team trawled the Flight International archives, compiled two remarkable image galleries, wrote first-hand blogs and sourced exclusive original eye witness accounts of the first mission.