by Rob Coppinger | Jan 8, 2010 | Ares, Constellation, ESA, exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Orion
NASA’s Orion crew exploration vehicle (CEV) could be launched by the latest version of Europe’s EADS Astrium Ariane 5 rocket by 2019 according to a French government funded study. The Ariane 5 Mid-Life Evolution (ME) variant, planned to begin operations by...
by Rob Coppinger | Jan 7, 2010 | commercial launch services, ESA, Satellites, Soyuz
Not the famous astronomer but the European Union flagship project that will deliver space based navigation services, at some point in the future and at some unknown price tag and that’s officialToday European Commissioner for transport Antonio Tajani...
by Rob Coppinger | Dec 11, 2009 | commercial launch services, ESA, exploration, Russia, Soyuz
Hyperbola was taken to the Soyuz launch site at France’s Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana on 9 December and this 30min 51s video basically spans the entire time we were there. With a French speaking tour guide (all translations welcome) we got to see...
by Rob Coppinger | Nov 19, 2009 | Commercial human spaceflight, ESA, Personal spaceflight, Space tourism, Suborbital
So the blogosphere is getting all worked up about an article run by Space News and authored by two former senior European Space Agency launcher officials that attacks sub-orbital tourism and hopes for commercial orbital transportHyperbola stresses the word former...
by Rob Coppinger | Oct 11, 2009 | Commercial human spaceflight, Constellation, COTS, ESA, exploration, International Space Station, JAXA, NASA, Orion, Russia, Satellites, Soyuz, Space Shuttle, Space tourism, Technology, Virgin Galactic
So Hyperbola has finally touched down in Daejeon in south Korea, after a scorching reentry from the Oort cloud, or was that just the effect of the Korean spicy Kimchi pickle and the even more spicy red pepper paste, Kochu Chang, they put on most of their food? Either...
by Rob Coppinger | Oct 2, 2009 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, Constellation, COTS, ESA, exploration, History, International Space Station, JAXA, NASA, Personal spaceflight, Russia, Satellites, Soyuz, space station, Space tourism, Spaceport, Suborbital, Technology, Virgin Galactic
Hyperbola is launching to the Oort cloud for a week’s R&R from today and will be returning via Daejeon, Korea from the 12 October. In Daejeon Hyperbola will be blogging from the International Astronautical Congress, where the world’s space...
