All Space articles – Page 50
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WORLD EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: SpaceShipTwo's mothership maiden flight
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo mothership WhiteKnightTwo made its historic 59min maiden flight at about 08:16 local time on 21 December from Mojave air and...
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: WhiteKnightTwo makes high speed taxi, deploys spoilers
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo mothership WhiteKnightTwo sped down a runway during a high speed taxi trial at Mojave air and spaceport on Tuesday 16 December,...
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NewsWORLD EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: SpaceShipTwo mothership runway trial
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo mothership WhiteKnightTwo moved down runway 30 during a low speed taxi trial at Mojave air and spaceport on...
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UK plans multi-million dollar Moon mission study
The British National Space Centre has announced a call for industry bids for a nine-month phase A study of its proposed...
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NewsNASA considers June 2018 Altair Lunar Lander in-orbit trial
NASA's Altair lunar lander could have its first test flight on the Ares V-Y launch in June 2018...
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NewsNASA sets out Ares V cargo launch vehicle development plan
NASA has detailed its plans to spend at least $68 million until 2013 on the development of the largest rocket ever, its proposed Ares...
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NewsVirgin Galactic in SpaceShipThree talks
Virgin Galactic is discussing with organisations in Europe a two-stage expendable satellite launcher, previously referred...
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NewsWhiteKnightTwo first flight, SpaceShipTwo roll-out dates tipped
WhiteKnightTwo's first flight could be by 15 December and April 2009 is SpaceShipTwo's likely roll-out date, according to sources...
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ESA reverses 2005 decline but ambition is elusive
Space science was the clearest winner in the European Space Agency's member states' budget deliberations for 2008 to 2011, but high-profile plans for manned...
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Headline Briefings
EADS expects its Airbus unit to secure orders for more than 850 new aircraft this year, after the aerospace...
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Shuttle Endeavour en route to resupply ISS
NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour is en route to the International Space Station for its resupply mission, STS-126, after lifting off from Kennedy Space Center...
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NASA seeks more change for Ares I
Industry will have from 1 December until early January to bid for a NASA electric Thrust Vector Control (TVC) technical feasibility contract for the US space...
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2009 could see worldwide docking standards agreed
NASA is likely to start discussions with India and China next year about a common docking system that the US Congress has directed the space agency to investigate. The...