All Space articles – Page 70
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Space jet’s turbofans can cope with vacuum says EADS
Despite jet engines never being run in the vacuum of space, EADS Astrium does not expect to have to redesign the...
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Thales Alenia Space leads Paris space pack
Thales Alenia Space has led the satellite industry pack at this year's Paris air show with order announcements,...
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Lockheed declines tourism capsule role
Lockheed Martin, developer of NASA's new manned spacecraft, the Orion crew exploration...
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NewsPICTURE: NASA manned NEO mission needs robot test
A manned mission to a near Earth object (NEO) would require a robotic precursor mission for safety, concludes a
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Atlantis set for return to earth
Atlantis to return SPACE SHUTTLE Atlantis is to return to Earth after an extended 13-day International Space Station (ISS) solar array assembly mission....
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NewsPICTURES: Astrium aims for 2012 suborbital tourism flights
By 2012 EADS Astrium wants to begin suborbital tourism flights with its proposed space jet
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NewsNASA puts avionics contract out to tender for its Ares I crew launch
NASA has launched a competition to provide avionics for its new Ares I crew launch...
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Italy’s contribution to GMES launched
The first of four spacecraft for Italy's Cosmo-SkyMed constellation of small satellites for...
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China tests engines for new space launch vehicle
China has completed testing of the engines for its new generation of kerosene/liquid oxygen-fuelled boosters, but may not launch them from the proposed Huinan...
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NASA seeks safer cooling for Orion crew exploration vehicle
A fluid that can operate within and outside the warm confines of a spacecraft's habitable volume is the goal of ongoing NASA thermal control work for its...
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ICAO for space takes first step
Lobbying has begun to create a new International Civil Aviation Organisation directorate to handle commercial spaceflight. Montreal, Canada-based ICAO is...