All Space articles – Page 68
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United Launch Alliance to wade in on commercial ISS supply
NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Demonstrations (COTS) phase one competitors, Rocketplane-Kistler...
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Astrium/Thales jointly win $1.66 billion deal for new telecoms constellation
A $1.66 billion telecommunications satellite constellation design, construction and management contract has been awarded to a joint team of EADS Astrium...
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PICTURE: First NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour launch in four years achieves orbit
NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched successfully from Kennedy...
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Success for Vinci rocket engine restart test
Arianespace has successfully carried out a re-ignition test of the new liquid-oxygen/liquid-hydrogen-fuelled Vinci upper-stage engine for its Ariane 5 launcher....
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NewsNASA: new launch abort system design improves Orion's mass margin
Aerodynamic improvements to the launch abort system could let NASA increase the mass of its Orion...
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European Space Agency orbiter to monitor NASA Mars Phoenix landing
The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter is to monitor the 13min entry, descent...
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NASA plans 'Armageddon' spacecraft to blast asteroid
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center has designed a nuclear-warhead-carrying spacecraft,...
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New Energia boss says NASA contracts unaffected as firm faces management crisis
Vitaly Lopota, newly appointed manager of Russian space manufacturer RKK Energia, has promised that the firm will carry out all its contracts relating to...
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Orion to see first umbilical EVA since 1974
NASA has chosen umbilical extra vehicular activity (EVA) as the space walk method for its Constellation...
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NASA: 2008 will decide if new rockets can deliver space station cargo
NASA expects progress, or the lack of it, next year for the agency's Commercial...
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Aeronautics to offer unmanned helicopter
Aeronautics Defense Systems expects to conduct the first flight of a new...
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NewsVirgin Galactic pushes test dates back
Virgin Galactic's leadership has pushed back the flight test and in-service dates for the space tourism company's...
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European reusable rocket engine details emerge
Details of a candidate reusable launch vehicle (RLV) rocket engine design for the European...
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NASA studies Soviet lunar lander design for Moon return
NASA's Lunar Lander project office has studied a Soviet lunar lander design that has a two-stage powered descent system. The Soviet...
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NASA considers larger Ares V launch vehicle fairings
NASA has been evaluating larger 10m (33ft) and 12m fairings for its Constellation programme's Ares V cargo launch vehicle that will carry the Earth departure...
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UK must end launcher opt-out say lawmakers
The UK government should consider offering seed-corn funding or a prize to encourage launcher development, according to a UK...
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NASA drops Ares I upper stage engine
NASA has stopped developing the 274,000lb-thrust (1,220kN) J-2XD engine version of its Ares...