All Space articles – Page 62
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FAA personal spaceflight safety study aims for June recommendations
A personal spaceflight safety study aimed at helping to form legislation for sub-orbital tourist flights has begun in the USA. The US Congress-mandated...
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NewsESA aims for 22 February maiden flight for its space station cargo ship
The target launch date is 22 February for the European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle cargo spacecraft...
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ESA pushes for more astronaut time on space station
The European Space Agency is negotiating to increase its astronaut time on the International Space Station once its crew complement is increased from three...
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JAXA president outlines 2008 goals
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) president Keiji Tachikawa has outlined his agency's goals for 2008, referring to...
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India explores Russian help for new manned spacecraft
India and Russia may collaborate to develop a reusable manned spacecraft - if talks expected to start early this year bear fruit. Anatoly Perminov,...
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NASA's new Moon mission rocket engine could use French nozzle
The Apollo programme-derived Pratt & Whitney...
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Florida aerospace special - space industry still key
space Beyond the Shuttle Once the gateway to the Moon, Florida's role as a spaceport is changing - but NASA and its support industry are still...
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NASA gets full budget but COTS suffers 30% cut
NASA has been given $49 million more than it requested for the development of its Constellation programme's Ares...
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NewsNASA develops new docking system for Constellation
The first two manned Orion crew exploration vehicle flights to the International Space Station, scheduled from September 2015, will deliver a new NASA-developed...
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NASA's Moon mission could see major change in concept of operations
NASA is studying a major change to its Moon mission plan to cut the time its Orion crew exploration vehicle has to loiter in low Earth orbit in anticipation...
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Briefings 1/1/08
US MILITARY EYES BETTER UNMANNED SYSTEMS ROADMAP The US Department of Defense's latest 25-year roadmap for unmanned systems calls for better integration...
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2008 forecast: The year progress must be made in space
The year ahead is set to either be a record breaker or will see major programmes unravel, with the European Space Agency, NASA, California based-Space Exploration...
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NewsPayload shortfall triggers NASA Lunar Lander redesign
NASA is redeveloping its Lunar Lander design after its first crewed Lander was found to be unable to deliver the necessary payload
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NewsManned Mars mission lander development to start in 2009
NASA is planning to start development work for a manned Mars mission's lander and transfer stage in the fourth quarter of 2009
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NewsSouth Korean army selects Elbit Systems' Skylark II UAV
South Korea's army has selected Elbit Systems' Skylark II close-range unmanned air vehicle, with its first-phase deal for one system expected to grow into procurement of a large number of systems.
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Thales makes strategic partnership with NPO-PM
Franco-Italian joint venture Thales Alenia Space and Russia's satellite specialist NPO-PM have agreed to develop a new...
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UK could provide instruments for Chinese lunar rover
China's next attempt at lunar exploration, its rover mission Chang'e-2, could use UK instruments if ongoing Sino-British academic contacts develop into government-approved...