http://www.flightglobal.comen-gbTue, 13 May 2008 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/13/223587/space-station-partners-agree-six-crew-transport-operation.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/13/223587/space-station-partners-agree-six-crew-transport-operation.htmlLater this month the International Space Station's partners will formally agree the arrangement for the transport and emergency return of the station's crew...Tue, 13 May 2008 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/12/223607/esa-to-begin-third-round-of-astronaut-selection-in-30-years.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/12/223607/esa-to-begin-third-round-of-astronaut-selection-in-30-years.htmlThe European Space Agency launched its third astronaut selection round on 8 May at the UK's Science Museum in...Mon, 12 May 2008 17:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/12/223531/thales-alenia-space-built-jason-2-arrives-at-vandenberg.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/12/223531/thales-alenia-space-built-jason-2-arrives-at-vandenberg.html The Thales Alenia Space-built Jason-2 satellite, to be launched by a Boeing Delta II rocket on 15 June from Vandenberg Air Force Base, has left its Cannes...Mon, 12 May 2008 07:30:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/09/223528/esa-to-fund-re-entry-vehicles-study.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/09/223528/esa-to-fund-re-entry-vehicles-study.html A euro 500,000 ($786,000), high lift-over-drag configuration for re-entry vehicles study is to start later this year under the European Space Agency's general...Fri, 09 May 2008 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/08/223530/soyuz-design-changes-to-address-ballistic-re-entries.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/08/223530/soyuz-design-changes-to-address-ballistic-re-entries.html Flight has obtained details of proposed changes to Energia's Soyuz spacecraft to address the likely cause of the Soyuz TMA-11 crew's...Thu, 08 May 2008 15:51:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/08/223393/nasa-keeps-orion-landing-reassessment-results-secret.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/08/223393/nasa-keeps-orion-landing-reassessment-results-secret.htmlNASA's work to resolve its Orion crew exploration vehicle's (CEV) landing system mass problems is being prolonged as one key study's deadline has been extended...Thu, 08 May 2008 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/07/223526/podcast-united-states-air-force-chief-scientist-speaks-to-flight-about-hydrogen-fuel-space-tourism-and-other-issues.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/07/223526/podcast-united-states-air-force-chief-scientist-speaks-to-flight-about-hydrogen-fuel-space-tourism-and-other-issues.html The United States Air Force's chief scientist Mark Lewis spoke to Flight at the 15th American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' space planes, hypersonic systems and technologies conference held in Dayton, Ohio from 28 April - 1 May 2008. Click here to go to the podcast page where you can download the MP3 file In his role he is chief scientific adviser to the USAF chief of staff and the US government's secretary of the air force. He provides assessments on a wide range of scientific and technical issues affecting the service's missions. He is currently on leave from his position as aerospace engineering professor at the University of Maryland, and as director of its NASA, US department of defense funded space-vehicles technology institute. Lewis has conducted basic and applied research in, and taught many aspects of, hypersonic aerodynamics, aWed, 07 May 2008 18:29:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/07/223529/undisclosed-russian-company-funds-suborbital-vehicle-study.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/07/223529/undisclosed-russian-company-funds-suborbital-vehicle-study.html Russia's Myasishchev Design Bureau (MDB) is working on a feasibility study for an air-launched, 27,000kg (59,400lb),...Wed, 07 May 2008 07:30:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/06/223471/thales-alenia-holds-course.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/05/06/223471/thales-alenia-holds-course.htmlspaceflight rob coppinger Cannes Thales Alenia holds course European deals and new technology trump low-cost manufacture for Franco-Italian firm Last...Tue, 06 May 2008 11:30:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/30/223384/spacex-expects-falcon-9-to-be-its-nasa-launch-services-first-choice.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/30/223384/spacex-expects-falcon-9-to-be-its-nasa-launch-services-first-choice.html After two years of work Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has secured a NASA launch services contract that could be worth up to $1 billion and last from June 2010 to the end of 2012. Although the contract does not give SpaceX a set number of launches, the launch provider expects to use its planned Falcon 9 rocket more often than its smaller Falcon 1 booster. Falcon 9 can deliver 11,300kg (24,800lb) to a 200km (124 miles) low-Earth orbit compared with the 1,000kg to 185km range of the Falcon 1. © SpaceX SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk told Flight that if a pWed, 30 Apr 2008 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/30/223372/giove-b-takes-off-from-baikonur.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/30/223372/giove-b-takes-off-from-baikonur.htmlThe European Space Agency's second Galileo global navigation satellite system demonstrator, Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element (GIOVE)-B, was successfully...Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/29/223357/esa-investigates-antenna-spacecraft-structure.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/29/223357/esa-investigates-antenna-spacecraft-structure.htmlMicro and nano-sized spacecraft whose entire structures will act as the telecommunications antenna are to be investigated under a European Space Agency study...Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/29/223345/khrunichev-reforms-quality-control-after-two-launch-failures.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/29/223345/khrunichev-reforms-quality-control-after-two-launch-failures.html LAUNCHERS Proton failures spur quality initiative Following two launch failures of the Proton rocket within eight months its Russian manufacturer,...Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/28/223321/second-galileo-test-satellite-reaches-orbit.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/28/223321/second-galileo-test-satellite-reaches-orbit.htmlSecond Galileo test satellite reaches orbitMon, 28 Apr 2008 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/25/223172/esa-to-undertake-lunar-rover-study.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/25/223172/esa-to-undertake-lunar-rover-study.html The European Space Agency is offering €500,000 ($786,500) for a pressurised lunar rover phase 0/A study to produce a conceptual design...Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:30:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/23/223201/lockheed-flight-tests-a-scale-model-flyback-first-stage-booster.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/23/223201/lockheed-flight-tests-a-scale-model-flyback-first-stage-booster.html A scale-model reusable first-stage flyback booster has been flight tested by Lockheed Martin Space Systems for an internally funded unmanned two-stage orbital...Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:30:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/23/223173/nasa-begins-work-to-solve-boil-off-problem.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/23/223173/nasa-begins-work-to-solve-boil-off-problem.html NASA has started the contractor selection process for its lunar surface thermal control system study that could find a solution to the biggest hurdle in...Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/23/223174/esa-considers-cislunar-space-station-for-lunar-exploration.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/23/223174/esa-considers-cislunar-space-station-for-lunar-exploration.html The European Space Agency, Russia and Japan are all considering a cislunar orbital complex that could consist of a habitation section and a resource module...Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:30:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/21/223088/nasa-offers-3.1-billion-for-international-space-station-cargo-supply.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/21/223088/nasa-offers-3.1-billion-for-international-space-station-cargo-supply.html Under NASA's new International Space Station commercial resupply contracts logistics providers can expect minimum cargo requirements of 20,000kg (44,000lb) and maximum awards of $3.1 billion. But companies will probably have to provide their own cargo processing facilities that meet the US space agency's standards. With the Space Shuttle to be retired in 2010, NASA has opted to procure ISS cargo resupply on a commercial basis between calendar year 2010 and 2015. NASA's logistics estimate for that period are an up and down mass total of 82,400kg, based on an ISS crew of six. On 14 April NASA released its final request for proposals, setting out the process that will lead to a selection of one or more resupply contractors on 28 November. As well as satisfying NASA's flight-operations requirements on paper, the contractors' spaceships must complete on-orbit tests during the first delivery mission before docking with the ISS. But the reaMon, 21 Apr 2008 16:30:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/21/223102/briefings.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/04/21/223102/briefings.htmlAuto veteran to head bombardier aerospace management reshuffle Bombardier has brought in an automotive industry veteran to head its aerospace division,...Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:00:00 GMT