All Space articles – Page 12

  • NASA Sofia
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    SOFIA telescope declared operational, but funding threat looms

    2014-06-03T21:19:22Z

    ​Three months after announcing plans to ground the aircraft, NASA has declared the stratospheric observatory of infrared astronomy (SOFIA) operational after 18 years in development.

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    ILA: ESA makes great step for Orion

    2014-05-22T10:56:55Z

    ​The development of a key component in transatlantic spaceflight co-operation took a leap forward yesterday, with European Space Agency approval of the design for the service module it will supply for NASA’s Orion crew capsule.

  • DLR LamAir
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    ILA: DLR looks to the future with LamAiR concept

    2014-05-20T12:27:00Z

    ​At German aerospace research agency DLR, modern composite technology is finally catching up with a 1970s fast jet vision of the future – to slash airliner fuel burn by up to 13% by using forward-swept wings.

  • DLR Falcon
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    ILA: DLR working at dawn of new technological era

    2014-05-19T12:04:00Z

    To describe 2014 as a high-profile year for Germany’s aeronautics and space research agency is to risk understatement. Next week, German astronaut Alexander Gerst will strap himself into a Soyuz rocket and begin a six-month stint aboard the International Space Station. And, as Gerst is preparing to come back home ...

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    NASA renames Dryden research centre after Neil Armstrong

    2014-03-06T13:06:10Z

    NASA has renamed its Dryden Flight Research Center (pictured) at Edwards AFB after Neil Armstrong, who served as a test pilot at the centre from 1955 to 1962, amassing more than 2,400 flight hours in 48 types, including the X-15.

  • NASA Sofia
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    NASA threatens SOFIA with grounding

    2014-03-05T01:11:06Z

    NASA has threatened to ground a vintage Boeing 747SP equipped with an astronomical observatory unless more funding is raised by partner Germany or new sources.

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    Galileo services 'available from year-end' – Brussels

    2014-01-29T10:24:13Z

    Europe’s much-delayed Galileo satellite navigation system is set to offer its first services around year-end, with 10 spacecraft in orbit to make a functional constellation.

  • News

    Finmeccanica heads for power business exit

    2014-01-06T16:51:00Z

    Alenia Aermacchi, AgustaWestland, Selex and DRS parent Finmeccanica has closed the sale of a nearly 40% stake in its troubled Ansaldo Energia power generation business, for €277 million ($378 million) to Italian investment fund Fondo Strategico Italiano.

  • Soyuz
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    EADS's Astrium unit may be eclipsed by costs

    2013-12-27T10:23:23Z

    EADS’s Astrium space division ended 2013 on a note of triumph, with the Gaia star-mapping satellite it built for the European Space Agency enjoying a perfect Soyuz launch from the agency’s spaceport in French Guiana.

  • News

    Astrium wraps up 2014 on high note but faces months of uncertainty

    2013-12-19T12:52:05Z

    EADS’s Astrium space division ended 2013 on a note of triumph, with the Gaia star-mapping satellite it built for the European Space Agency enjoying a perfect Soyuz launch from the agency’s spaceport in French Guiana.

  • News

    When seeking innovation, don't discount organisation

    2013-12-16T11:25:44Z

    ​Tom Enders closed 2013 with some inspiring words on innovation. Giving the annual Wilbur and Orville Wright lecture at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London, the EADS chief executive urged a packed house to support the aggressive pursuit of new technical horizons – because the alternative is stagnation in aviation ...

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    India's GSLV rocket to return to flight in early 2014

    2013-12-16T11:02:02Z

    The Indian Space Research Organisation hopes to have its troubled Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) programme back on track in early 2014, making a flight scrubbed in August 2013, when engineers discovered a fuel leak in the second stage of the three-stage vehicle.

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    India's Mars mission makes first key course correction

    2013-12-12T17:07:30Z

    ​India’s bid to put a spacecraft into orbit on Mars continues on track, following successful completion of the planned first major trajectory correction manoeuvre following the Mangalyaan mission’s boost away from Earth orbit.

  • Tom Enders,
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    EADS to cut 5,800 jobs in defence and space restructuring

    2013-12-09T17:13:10Z

    ​EADS has presented plans to cut 5,800 positions across its defence and spaces businesses by the end of 2016 as part of a restructuring of these units.

  • News

    Swarm launch is triple play success for ESA

    2013-11-22T19:41:00Z

    The European Space Agency (ESA) racked up a triple success today with the launch of its three-satellite Swarm mission, a four-year quest to study the Earth’s magnetic field in unprecedented detail.

  • News

    Galileo back on launch path after technical delay

    2013-11-22T19:35:08Z

    ​The European Space Agency (ESA) expects to get its Galileo satellite navigation system deployment back on track to provide a functional service from early 2015, if final tests of the first two new-generation satellites go to plan.

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    International Space Station celebrates 15-year anniversary

    2013-11-21T13:43:04Z

    The International Space Station celebrated its birthday on 20 November, 15 years after Russia launched the first module, Zarya.

  • Ariane V launch
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    UK space sector unveils ambitious growth plan

    2013-11-14T14:33:01Z

    ​The UK space industry has set out ambitious growth plans that would see it double the domestic market over the next 17 years alongside achieving a 12-fold increase in exports by 2030.

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    Indian Mars mission still on track despite rocket glitch

    2013-11-13T10:33:55Z

    ​India’s bid to join the elite group of nations that have successfully bridged the gap to Mars has overcome an early glitch that could have left its Mangalyaan spacecraft orbiting Earth.