All articles by Rob Coppinger – Page 54
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Satellite navigation: Finding a way
In December the US military is expected to publish its next Navstar GPS spacecraft requirements. Meanwhile, Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system's second test craft is to go into orbit in early 2007
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Orion rises
It has been 34 years since the last manned spacecraft landed on the Moon. Now it is Lockheed Martin's job to deliver the vehicle for the return in 2018
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NewsNASA is go for launch today as all the Shuttle external tank sensors work following an overnight refuelling
Space Shuttle Atlantis is expected to launch at 11:15 local time today following a succesfull re-fuelling operation that saw the Shuttle's external tank's engine cut-off sensors perform correctly
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NewsSpace Shuttle Atlantis launch cancelled for Friday due to engine cut-off sensor failure
NASA's Mission Management Team has decided to scrub today's launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis due to a failed engine cut-off sensor in the Shuttle's external tank
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NewsSpace Shuttle Atlantis to launch on last possible date, Friday 8 September
Only Russian agreement allowed NASA to use 8 September as a launch date because of logistical conflicts with a planned Soyuz International Space Station flight
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NewsNASA delays Space Shuttle Atlantis launch by 24h due to Orbiter fuel cell issue
NASA has delayed Space Shuttle Atlantis's launch by 24h due to a voltage drop in the Orbiter's number one fuel cell
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NewsLockheed Martin over the moon after $8bn Orion spacecraft victory
Lockheed Martin has won the NASA development and production contract potentially worth over $8 billion for the new four- to six-crew Orion spacecraft that will transport astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) by 2014 and return them to the Moon by 2020
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Ares I launch test gets go-ahead
Flights in 2009 will evaluate booster and abort system as Constellation managers finalise infrastructure strategy
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Protonex develops solid hydrogen storage fuel cell
System could triple flight endurance of small UAVs and power special-mission vehicles
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NewsLockheed Martin wins the phase two contract for NASA's Orion crew vehicle that will return astronauts to the Moon by 2020
Lockheed Martin has won the phase two contract to develop and build NASA's proposed four to six astronaut Orion crew vehicle that will return astronauts to the Moon by 2020.
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NewsPictures: NASA drop tests Ares I first stage pilot recovery parachute
Here are the first pictures released by NASA of its two drop tests of the Ares I first stage’s recovery pilot parachute over the US Army’s Yuma proving ground from 14-17 August. The two tests are the first of nine planned for the next two years to test the recovery ...
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B-52 set to fly with synthetic fuel
US Air Force turns to 1920s German process that converts hydrocarbons in bid to reduce reliance on overseas oil
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News$20m of New Mexico government funding expected to boost Virgin Galactic and other space tourism firms
Virgin Galactic is set to strengthen its bid to lead the pack of competing suborbital tourism providers with an investment of up to $20 million from the state of New Mexico and a leading role in the relaunched Personal Spaceflight Federation (PSF) trade body.