All Space articles – Page 49
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Could 2011 seal the Ariane rocket's fate?
The European Space Agency's lofty goals of an all-new rocket, partially or completely reusable, entering service around 2020 are falling by the wayside as...
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This Week Briefings
Europe's first low-cost air-taxi company, Bikkair, has collapsed, citing inability to secure finance....
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WhiteKnightTwo second flight with vortex generators added
WhiteKnghtTwo, the twin-fuselage carrier aircraft that will lift Virgin Galactic's suborbital SpaceShipTwo to its 50,000ft (15,150m) launch altitude, is...
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India's space programme looks beyond the Moon
India's space programme typifies the country's emergence as a technological hub. But has it lost sight of its original aims?
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NASA sets out Altair lunar lander timetable
NASA has sketched out the development timetable for its return-to-the-Moon Constellation programme's Altair lunar lander, aiming towards a long-term target...
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Europe's past space tourism studies
Future High-Altitude Flight - an Attractive Commercial Niche? was a 12-month, €127,000 ($170,000) European Union Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) project...
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NewsEurope aims for 2015 SpaceShipTwo competitor
The prospect of an all-European competitor to US suborbital tourism projects has become stronger with the €7.3 million ($9.68 million) funding of the Future...
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NewsVirgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has rocket motor test success
Virgin Galactic's Rocket Motor Two propulsion system for SpaceShipTwo has successfully completed hot firing tests...
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Griffin departs NASA predicting 2015 Chinese Moon mission
China could attempt a manned circumlunar flight in 2015, says outgoing NASA administrator Michael Griffin. Griffin, a George Bush appointee who left...
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ESA struggles with €80 million data relay project shortfall
An €80 million ($105 million) funding shortfall is threatening to reduce the capability of the European Space Agency's planned European...
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NewsESA fails to set maiden Soyuz launch date
The maiden launch of Samara Space Center Soyuz rockets from Europe's French Guiana spaceport now has no date for 2009...
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Building an International Space Station lifeline
Given an expected gap of five years between operational readiness for the Ares I crew launch vehicle in 2015 and...
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Race to International Space Station begins in earnest
NASA's nascent commercial orbital transport system (COTS) is expected to go live late next year under a $3.5 billion programme. The programme's aim is to...
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Forecasts 2009 - Space: Will 2009 build towards a greater new decade of space activity?
US programmes face some tough decisions, but Asia's space ambitions and private enterprise are set to light up 2009
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This Week briefings
Alaska Air Group subsidiary Horizon Air has reached agreement with Bombardier on a new schedule for Q400 turboprop...
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NewsVirgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo mothership faces rudder problem
Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo may need to have its rudder and yaw stability improved to resolve issues it faced during its 21 December 2008 maiden flight, Flightgobal.com can reveal...
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NewsFlight 100 - the next 100 years
We covered exciting, almost unbelievable, breathtaking developments in our first century of publishing. What might feature on our pages in the next 100 years?
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