All Space articles – Page 40
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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShiptwo makes first captive flight
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo prototype Virgin SpaceShip Enterprise has made its first captive carry flight mated with its WhiteKnight Two carrier aircraft....
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Electric propulsion set to get even smaller
Electric propulsion systems far smaller than anything previously flown could be ready for deployment by 2012, enabling the US Air Force's very small satellites...
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NewsPICTURE & VIDEO: Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo in first captive carry flight
At about 07:15h Pacific Daylight Time (14:15h GMT) today Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnight Two carrier aircraft took off SpaceShipTwo attached.
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NASA’s private-sector launch champions move closer to lift-off
Successful rocket engine ground-test firings have taken Space Exploration Technologies and Orbital Sciences a step closer to filling their roles as key private-sector launch contractors to NASA.
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Japan's Planet-C probe gets May launch date
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has set the launch date of 18 May for its Venus orbiter Atasuki, or Planet-C.
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Business briefing
Orbital Sciences is to acquire the spacecraft development and manufacturing business of General Dynamics'...
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ESA studies Space Station life extension
The International Space Station's multinational partners are working on plan to keep the orbital outpost in use until 2028
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NewsNASA could buy plasma engine for station reboost services
Offering super-efficienct thrust, an electric engine concept promises to deliver a new age of rocket power
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This Week briefings
The Royal New Zealand Air Force's Red Checkers display team has been grounded following a 1 March mid-air collision...
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Opinion
Comment: Is Obama boxing clever on NASA?
As a former Marine Corps general and Space Shuttle commander, NASA administrator Charles Bolden is well-equipped to take fire. That's good, because he needed all the grace under pressure he could muster last week when senators tore into him and his boss, Barack Obama, for killing off US human spaceflight.
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NewsCongress to dump Obama NASA plan
White House plans to axe NASA's return-to-the-Moon Constellation programme and ground the Space Shuttle have sparked unified opposition from Congress...
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Space station finally gets its window
The International Space Station crew now have a better view of the station's exterior after the installation of the cupola window and the last major habitable...
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NewsUK could use plutonium in space nuclear power demonstration
The European Space Agency Harwell site will research nuclear power for spacecraft, but who provides the plutonium?
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NewsObama's commercial spaceflight incurs political wrath
President Barack Obama’s 2011 budget has ended NASA’s 2020 Moon programme while privatising manned spacecraft, incurring the wrath of politicians even before the agency...
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NASA gets $500 million for commercial crew
NASA is to get $500 million for its commercial crew transport programme under President Barack Obama's fiscal year 2011 budget request for the agency of...
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NewsNASA's new budget cancels Constellation programme
NASA's return to the Moon Constellation programme has been cancelled under president Barack Obama's fiscal year 2011 budget request after billions of dollars...
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NewsBig birds and high flying
Telecommunications satellites are heavyweights and getting heavier - can Europe's rockets handle the load?
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Opinion
Comment: In space, it's best not to go alone
Next year could be a milestone for space exploration. The world's major spacefaring nations should be fleshing out plans for a new era of collaborative missions...
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This Week Briefing
F-35 PROGRESS WORRIES KEY US SENATORS FIGHTERS The US Senate Armed Services Committee chairman and ranking member Carl Levin and John McCain expressed...