http://www.flightglobal.comen-gbSun, 27 May 2012 21:24:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/27/372347/excalibur-almaz-details-plans-for-capsule-and-space-station.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/27/372347/excalibur-almaz-details-plans-for-capsule-and-space-station.html Excalibur Almaz has detailed its plans to launch spacecraft to space stations in orbit around the moon, the first time the secretive company has done so...Sun, 27 May 2012 21:24:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/25/372344/stratolaunch-enters-system-design-review.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/25/372344/stratolaunch-enters-system-design-review.html The Stratolaunch system has entered system design review (SDR), says team partner Dynetics, a key milestone in designing the unique and complex launch vehicle. After...Fri, 25 May 2012 18:59:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/25/372337/iss-captures-dragon-capsule-in-orbit.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/25/372337/iss-captures-dragon-capsule-in-orbit.html An unmanned SpaceX Dragon capsule today linked with the International Space Station (ISS) in orbit over Australia, becoming the first private spacecraft...Fri, 25 May 2012 15:30:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/24/372309/xcor-completes-piston-pump-tests.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/24/372309/xcor-completes-piston-pump-tests.html Xcor has announced that its liquid oxygen (LOx) piston pump has completed testing and is ready for integration with the Lynx, a suborbital spacecraft capable...Thu, 24 May 2012 22:16:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/24/372305/space-launch-system-core-stage-reaches-preliminary-review.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/24/372305/space-launch-system-core-stage-reaches-preliminary-review.html The core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS), among the most crucial components, has entered preliminary design review (PDR), an important checkpoint...Thu, 24 May 2012 21:04:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/22/372210/international-cooperation-crucial-to-exploring-outer-space-say-agency-heads.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/22/372210/international-cooperation-crucial-to-exploring-outer-space-say-agency-heads.html International cooperation is crucial to missions beyond Earth orbit, affirmed a panel of space agency leaders on 22 May. Despite political and budgetary...Tue, 22 May 2012 23:19:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/22/372159/spacex-launches-dragon-successfully.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/22/372159/spacex-launches-dragon-successfully.html SpaceX has successfully launched the first private mission with the International Space Station, lifting off from Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida at...Tue, 22 May 2012 09:11:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/18/372079/spacex-aborts-commercial-mission-to-international-space-station.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/18/372079/spacex-aborts-commercial-mission-to-international-space-station.html SpaceX has delayed the Falcon 9 launch from Kennedy Space Center (KSC)in Florida, meant to send the first commercial spacecraft to dock with the International...Fri, 18 May 2012 20:42:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/18/372059/planetary-resources-firm-plans-to-survey-and-mine-asteroids.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/18/372059/planetary-resources-firm-plans-to-survey-and-mine-asteroids.html At the Museum of Flight in Seattle, on 24 April, a US-based firm called Planetary Resources, Inc. announced a plan to use unmanned robotic spacecraft to...Fri, 18 May 2012 15:01:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/17/372034/three-rockets-launch-six-satellites.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/17/372034/three-rockets-launch-six-satellites.html Three rockets launched on the same day from three separate facilities have successfully put six satellites into orbit. The first, a Soyuz U launched...Thu, 17 May 2012 22:03:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/16/371983/ariane-launches-two-communications-satellites.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/16/371983/ariane-launches-two-communications-satellites.html An Arianespace Ariane 5 has successfully launched two satellites into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) on 15 May from its Kourou, French Guiana launch...Wed, 16 May 2012 18:38:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/15/371939/usaf-orders-two-rockets-for-2014-launch.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/15/371939/usaf-orders-two-rockets-for-2014-launch.html The US Air Force (USAF) has ordered two more evolved expendable launch vehicles (EELV) from United Launch Alliance to launch GPS and military communications...Tue, 15 May 2012 20:09:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/15/371930/soyuz-carries-crew-to-international-space-station.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/15/371930/soyuz-carries-crew-to-international-space-station.html Three astronauts have been successfully launched into orbit aboard a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The astronauts, one American and two Russians,...Tue, 15 May 2012 15:52:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/11/371741/spaceshiptwo-to-resume-flight-tests-as-early-as-june.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/11/371741/spaceshiptwo-to-resume-flight-tests-as-early-as-june.html Virgin Galactic expects to resume flight tests of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle as early as June from manufacturer Scaled Composites' facility in Mojave,...Fri, 11 May 2012 20:37:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/10/371688/spacex-and-bigelow-to-jointly-market-private-space-station-flights.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/10/371688/spacex-and-bigelow-to-jointly-market-private-space-station-flights.html SpaceX will team up with Bigelow Aerospace to jointly market rides to Bigelow's orbiting private modules, using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule. Bigelow,...Thu, 10 May 2012 20:41:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/10/371683/energomash-developing-ammonia-fueled-engine.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/10/371683/energomash-developing-ammonia-fueled-engine.html Russian rocket-builder Energomash is developing a liquid rocket engine fueled by a mixture of acetylene and ammonia, called atsetam, which the company says...Thu, 10 May 2012 17:22:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/09/371644/atk-announces-capsule-for-liberty-launch-vehicle.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/09/371644/atk-announces-capsule-for-liberty-launch-vehicle.html ATK has announced the development of a unique capsule for the Liberty launch vehicle (LV) as part of its bid for NASA's commercial crew integrated capability...Wed, 09 May 2012 20:38:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/09/371642/envisat-formally-declared-lost.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/09/371642/envisat-formally-declared-lost.html The European Space Agency (ESA) has formally declared that the Envisat environmental and remote sensing satellite mission is now over, following the satellite's...Wed, 09 May 2012 20:15:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/09/371625/satellite-imagery-provider-digitalglobe-rejects-takeover-by-rival-geoeye.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/09/371625/satellite-imagery-provider-digitalglobe-rejects-takeover-by-rival-geoeye.html Commercial satellite Earth imagery provider DigitalGlobe has formally turned down an offer from rival GeoEye to buy the company for $17 per share in a combination...Wed, 09 May 2012 14:34:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/08/371584/spacex-completes-dragon-layout-concept-trials.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2012/05/08/371584/spacex-completes-dragon-layout-concept-trials.html SpaceX has finished the seventh major funding milestone under NASA's second commercial crew development programme (CCDev II), the crew accommodation concept...Tue, 08 May 2012 21:31:00 GMT