All Space articles – Page 52
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NASA Lunar Lander technology to be field tested next year
NASA will next year field-test the laser altimeter, camera and flash light detection and ranging (lidar) technology that its Altair Lunar Lander could use...
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NASA says Ares I could send payload to the Moon
NASA has concluded that a single Ares I crew launch vehicle could send a 454kg (998lb) payload to the Moon using a 1,750kg robotic lander. The US space...
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Aero Sekur's inflatable heat shield passes re-entry test
Flexible material specialist Aero Sekur's Spacecrew Emergency Module has passed what the company calls...
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This week briefings
AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE FOR GLOBAL TWINS SAFETY Bombardier says more than one-third of its 147 Global XRS and Global 5000 super-large business jets...
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Congress takes first step to funding ISS to 2020
NASA has until July 2009 to produce a plan to extend the life of the International Space Station to 2020, according to new US legislation. The ISS...
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Congress directs NASA to fund small UAV research
The US Congress has directed NASA to develop small unmanned air vehicles that would operate in remote areas in its Authorisation Act for the space and aeronautics...
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Last Shuttle extension flights have no rescue capability
An extension of Space Shuttle missions beyond 2010 could see orbiters visiting the International Space Station without the assigned rescue flights that have...
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Lavochkin begins phase B work for Luna-Glob 1 orbiter
Russia's satellite and planetary probe specialist, the Lavochkin Association , has begun phase B design...
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India plans new manned rocket launch pad
The Indian Space Research Organisation plans to build a third launch pad at its Satish Dhawan Space Centre...
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ESA's next generation rocket details emerge
Details of a next-generation launcher that could be deployed by the European Space Agency in 2025 emerged at the 59th...
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ESA's Intermediate Experimental Vehicle begins major design review
The European Space Agency's Intermediate Experimental Vehicle (IXV) programme will begin its preliminary design review on 4 November with a test flight target...
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Soyuz TMA-13 readies for 12 October flight
The orbital module of the Samara Space Centre Soyuz-FG rocket containing the Energia Soyuz...
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Swedish Spaceport awaits government go-ahead
Virgin Galactic's plans for a spaceport in Lapland await the Swedish government's go-ahead as legal options are scrutinised
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Ares I-X test flight facing uncertain launch date
NASA's Ares I-X flight mission team does not expect its test rocket to be launched...
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Sweden: the game changers
Sweden's scaling down of its military has had a huge impact on the nation's aerospace industry, forcing it to develop new capabilities, extend existing ones, and scout for business the world over. The challenge has been taken up. Saab's fighter jet, the Gripen JAS39, is in the frame for several ...
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NBAA 2008: Revamped Oshkosh plays a bigger business role
Revamped Oshkosh plays a bigger business role
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ESA plans for 2016 'mid life evolution' of its Ariane 5
The next version of the European Space Agency's Ariane 5, the Mid Life Evolution (ME), could be operational in 2016 with a payload to geostationary transfer...