All Space articles – Page 58
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Thales Alenia Space-built Jason-2 arrives at Vandenberg
The Thales Alenia Space-built Jason-2 satellite, to be launched by a Boeing Delta II rocket on 15 June from Vandenberg Air Force Base, has left its Cannes...
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NewsSoyuz design changes to address 'ballistic' re-entries
Flight has obtained details of proposed changes to Energia's Soyuz spacecraft to address the likely cause of the Soyuz TMA-11 crew's...
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NASA keeps Orion landing reassessment results secret
NASA's work to resolve its Orion crew exploration vehicle's (CEV) landing system mass problems is being prolonged as one key study's deadline has been extended...
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Undisclosed Russian company funds suborbital vehicle study
Russia's Myasishchev Design Bureau (MDB) is working on a feasibility study for an air-launched, 27,000kg (59,400lb),...
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GIOVE-B takes off from Baikonur
The European Space Agency's second Galileo global navigation satellite system demonstrator, Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element (GIOVE)-B, was successfully...
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DARPA reveals hypersonic test plans
Details have emerged of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) plans to test fly its two expendable dart-shaped Hypersonic Technology...
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NewsESA to undertake lunar rover study
The European Space Agency is offering €500,000 ($786,500) for a pressurised lunar rover phase 0/A study to produce a conceptual design...
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Lockheed flight tests a scale-model flyback first-stage booster
A scale-model reusable first-stage flyback booster has been flight tested by Lockheed Martin Space Systems for an internally funded unmanned two-stage orbital...
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NASA begins work to solve boil-off problem
NASA has started the contractor selection process for its lunar surface thermal control system study that could find a solution to the biggest hurdle in...
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ESA considers cislunar space station for lunar exploration
The European Space Agency, Russia and Japan are all considering a cislunar orbital complex that could consist of a habitation section and a resource module...
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Thales Alenia Space awarded Sentinel-3 contract
The European Space Agency has signed contracts worth over €500 million euros ($791 million) for the European...
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ESA considers robotic lunar cargo lander for Moonbase
The European Space Agency is considering a robotic cargo lunar lander that would deliver 1,700kg (3,700lb) to a manned outpost on the Moon. Flight...
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NewsPICTURE: UK built SpaceX capsule revealed
Details have emerged of the UK's first commercially designed and built manned capsule that was delivered in 2005 to US customer...
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Election year delay for NASA's Ares and Orion vehicles feared
The USA's presidential election could leave NASA short of the funding it needs to keep its Orion crew exploration vehicle and Ares I booster project on track...
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NASA rejects non-Shuttle answers to stranded ISS instrument
Pressure on the International Space Station's cargo delivery schedule has left NASA with no way to get an international antimatter experiment to the station. The...