Space – Page 42
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South Korea, India to begin ISS partnership talks in 2010
South Korea and India are set to start talks on their membership of the International Space Station programme in 2010. The heads of the South Korean...
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This Week briefings
Airbus delivered 104 aircraft during the third quarter, taking 2009 production to 358. Total A380 deliveries...
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NewsBolden's plan: no evolved expendable launch vehicles, heavylift mandatory
A new heavy lift rocket and the International Space Station are winners - and Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles are among the losers - in proposals that NASA administrator...
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Virginia’s space driver
Virginia based-Orbital Sciences has 3,600 employees and a 27-year track record in manufacturing satellites and ground and launch services, and providing...
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Orbital Sciences' Taurus II motors near testing
Decommissioned ICBM motors and Russian, European and Japanese components are helping keep the USA in space
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NewsNASA commercial funds suffer 40% cut
NASA's recovery act commercial crew and cargo funding has been slashed from $150 million to $90 million after a deal with Congress...
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Shuttle's end begins international future
It's T minus one year and counting until NASA retires its Space Shuttle fleet. Both triumphant and tragic, it's been a wild ride for nearly 30 years
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NewsBoeing reveals commercial crew transport bid
Boeing is piling into a $50 million NASA competition to fill the crew transport gap left by the Space Shuttle fleet's 2010 retirement with a concept using...
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NASA names final Shuttle crew
The final Space Shuttle mission's crew has been named by NASA one year...
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Ares I work continues despite cancellation threat
Rocket builder Alliant Techsystems (ATK) says work is proceeding on several tests aimed at proving out its first stage for the NASA Ares 1 low-Earth orbit...
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Shuttle extension could again lengthen Hubble life
Hubble proponents are mulling potential future servicing options for the recently reinvigorated 19-yr-old space telescope in light of an option offered by...
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Nano-scale aluminium and ice propel rocket
A solid rocket motor that uses a mix of nano-scale aluminium particles and ice for its propellant has been launched to 1,300ft (400m) by the US Air Force...
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This Week Briefings
Three men face long prison terms after being found guilty in a UK court of conspiracy to murder over the 2006...
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Cash shortage freezes UK Moon mission
The UK's Moon Lightweight Interior and Telecom Experiment mission that was to fire penetrators into the lunar...
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$35m for Excalibur Almaz week in orbit
Armed with a market study that indicates annual revenues of $1 billion, space tourism company Excalibur Almaz is working towards a 2013 first flight...
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NewsUS, Russian capsules vie for orbital domination
The history of human spaceflight has seen just seven operational crewed capsules, today six more are in development and three are private ventures...
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NASA considers ISS Bigelow module
NASA is considering attaching a Bigelow Aerospace inflatable module to the International Space Station, in a return to a concept over a decade old...
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Report to say UK faces uncertain future without space
The UK's standing in the world and the way space industry investment can enhance it will be set out in the government's...
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Working Week: Earl Lawrence fights for freedom of flight
In his role as vice-president of industry and regulatory affairs at the Experimental Aircraft Association, Earl Lawrence battles the corner for recreational aviators, from ultralights to ex-military jets