All Space articles – Page 54
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NewsESA to begin CSTS Moon return skip-entry work
Guidance and control strategies for "anytime return" from the Moon's surface are the focus of work starting this year by the European Space Agency for its...
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Rocketry's low-cost model
SpaceX promises to revolutionise the launch market - as soon as it actually gets to orbit
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Alliant Techsystems gets NASA green light to launch
NASA has set 21 August as the first opportunity for Alliant Techsystems (ATK) to launch...
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Armadillo test fires rocket engine, Velocity XL integration
In this exclusive photograph from the Rocket Racing League (RRL), Armadillo Aerospace's liquid oxygen (LOX),...
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This Week: Briefings
Oneworld alliance members British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia claim their proposed tie-up...
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NASA requests attitude thruster for lunar LADEE spacecraft main propulsion
NASA has requested propulsion proposals for its $80 million Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer...
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NASA tackles active propellant cooling
Actively cooled cryogenic thermal shielding and related multi-layer insulation performance is the next stage of NASA Glenn Research Center and Ball Aerospace's...
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Rosetta spies Steins for 800km rendezvous
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft started using its Optical, Spectroscopic, and...
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Stage collision ends SpaceX's third Falcon flight hopes
Space Exploration Technologies' third Falcon 1 rocket flight failed on 2 August when the first-stage...
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NewsThe battle goes on for NASA's Ares rockets
NASA intended to reuse Space Shuttle systems for its Moon rockets but has the experience shaken its confidence...
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NASA to test plasma engine on space station
NASA expects to sign an agreement to test a new propulsion system on the International Space Station, according to the US space agency's administrator Michael...
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Virgin Galactic rolls out mothership
Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft for its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle was rolled out of one of Scaled Composites' hangars at Mojave air...
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Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo rocket motor options revealed
Paraffin and asphalt based-solid fuels for the SpaceShipTwo (SS2) rocket motor have been tested by Virgin Galactic's prime contractor Scaled Composites. Speaking...
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India's Moon probe rocket launch preparations begin
Assembly of the augmented version of the Indian Space Research Organisation Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle has begun for the expected September launch of...
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NewsOSHKOSH 2008: NASA's Constellation rockets could be used commercially
NASA administrator Michael Griffin tells EAA Airventure audience, the space agency's Constellation programme's rockets could in future be used for commercial...
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NewsRutan: Fatigue 'is not an issue' for WhiteKnightTwo
Unveiling Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo on 28 July its prime contractor Scaled Composites denied that fatigue would be a problem...
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NewsVIDEO: Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo at Mojave air and space port
On 28 July Virgin Galactic's Scaled Composites designed White Knight II carrier aircraft was rolled out
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