http://www.flightglobal.comen-gbWed, 18 Nov 2009 13:39:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/18/335174/russias-poisk-arrives-at-international-space-station.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/18/335174/russias-poisk-arrives-at-international-space-station.html Russia's fourth International Space Station module, Mini-Research Module 2, also known as Poisk, docked with the ISS's Zvezda zenith docking port on 12 November...Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:39:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/18/335173/picture-shuttle-atlantis-begins-penultimate-mission.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/18/335173/picture-shuttle-atlantis-begins-penultimate-mission.htmlNASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis emerges through the clouds over launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center seconds after its lift-off at 14:28 local time...Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:30:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/18/335171/esa-begins-commissioning-proba-2-demonstrator.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/18/335171/esa-begins-commissioning-proba-2-demonstrator.html The European Space Agency has begun commissioning the 17 technology experiments and four scientific instruments that are aboard its Project for Onboard Autonomy...Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:26:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/17/335172/emcore-wins-cygnus-solar-cell-contract.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/17/335172/emcore-wins-cygnus-solar-cell-contract.html Orbital Sciences' Cygnus International Space Station resupply spacecraft is to use solar cells from New Mexico company Emcore. The solar cell manufacturer...Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:28:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/16/334745/flight-international-cover-competition-2009.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/16/334745/flight-international-cover-competition-2009.htmlLast year's winner was Begemont's spectacular image of a Russian air force Sukhoi Su-27 (top left) while the 2007 cover competition champion was boxer 03's...Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/14/334884/flightglobal-achievement-awards-09-innovator-of-the-year-sir-richard-branson-virgin-visionary.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/14/334884/flightglobal-achievement-awards-09-innovator-of-the-year-sir-richard-branson-virgin-visionary.htmlVirgin founder Sir Richard Branson has been having big, bold business ideas since he was a teenager. But it is for his latest Virgin Galactic space tourism venture that the British billionaire has been named Innovator of the Year Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/10/334444/this-week-briefing.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/10/334444/this-week-briefing.htmlPortable in-flight entertainment specialist e.Digital has filed a US federal court lawsuit against Canon, Nokia, Panasonic, Samson Technologies and 15 other firms, alleging infringement of its flash memory technology patents.Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/06/334441/nasa-cots-companies-benefit-from-stimulus-aid.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/06/334441/nasa-cots-companies-benefit-from-stimulus-aid.htmlOrbital Sciences and Space Exploration Technologies are to benefit from millions of dollars more than originally agreed...Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/04/334386/virgin-galactic-considers-new-satellite-design.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/04/334386/virgin-galactic-considers-new-satellite-design.html Virgin Galactic's proposed LauncherOne...Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:49:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/03/334293/european-union-plans-3-billion-a-year-human-exploration-roadmap.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/03/334293/european-union-plans-3-billion-a-year-human-exploration-roadmap.htmlAmbitious visions for the next decade call for human space exploration and a sample return mission to the red planet Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/03/334178/this-week-briefing.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/03/334178/this-week-briefing.htmlAt the United Nations' Copenhagen climate change meeting in December the European...Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/30/334138/indias-3-billion-manned-capsule-awaits-approval.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/30/334138/indias-3-billion-manned-capsule-awaits-approval.htmlThe Indian Space Research Organisation expects by the end of the year to have government approval for a $3 billion manned...Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/29/334169/uk-report-to-advocate-national-space-policy.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/29/334169/uk-report-to-advocate-national-space-policy.htmlA national space policy and technology and demonstrator programmes are likely recommendations from a UK industry/government report expected in January. Industry...Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/27/333943/jaxa-aims-for-2014-suborbital-demonstrator.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/27/333943/jaxa-aims-for-2014-suborbital-demonstrator.htmlThe Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency wants to air launch a suborbital demonstrator by 2014 to test technologies for its planned two-stage to orbit advanced...Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/26/333941/water-could-be-answer-to-hot-wings-says-dlr.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/26/333941/water-could-be-answer-to-hot-wings-says-dlr.htmlThe water cooling of a conceptual hypersonic transport system's wing leading edges is being investigated for the European Union's €7.3 million ($10.93 million)...Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/22/333860/commission-cuts-galileo-satellites-by-six.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/22/333860/commission-cuts-galileo-satellites-by-six.htmlEurope's Galileo satellite navigation system could be forced to operate with fewer satellites...Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/22/333823/pictures-whiteknight-twos-spoilers-get-holes.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/22/333823/pictures-whiteknight-twos-spoilers-get-holes.html Scaled Composites has added holes to the inboard spoilers of Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnight Two mothership prototype...Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:45:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/20/333603/whiteknighttwo-could-air-drop-dream-chaser-prototype.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/20/333603/whiteknighttwo-could-air-drop-dream-chaser-prototype.htmlSierra Nevada Corporation could air drop its Dream Chaser...Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/20/333604/roscosmos-says-no-private-soyuz-flight-till-2014.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/20/333604/roscosmos-says-no-private-soyuz-flight-till-2014.htmlSpace Adventures goal of a private Energia Soyuz TMA spacecraft flight in 2013 cannot be achieved, according to the Russian federal space agency's head of...Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/19/333602/nasa-aluminium-lithium-orion-better-than-composites.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/19/333602/nasa-aluminium-lithium-orion-better-than-composites.htmlA NASA programme manager confirms aluminium-lithium remains the favoured material to serve as the primary structure for the Orion...Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:00:00 GMT