by Rob Coppinger | Feb 16, 2009 | ESA, International Space Station, Russia, Technology
Details have emerged of how the European Space Agency and the Russian Federal space Agency’s hopes for collaboration on the Crew Space Transportation System (CSTS) ended and what next for the western European €21 million ($26.8 million) Advanced Reentry Vehicle...
by Rob Coppinger | Feb 9, 2009 | ESA, exploration, Technology
Hyperbola spoke to the UK minister for science Lord Drayson on Friday 6 February about robotic exploration, the UK space strategy and the possibility of a UK space agency and participation in the ESA astronaut corps during his visit to small satellite specialist...
by Rob Coppinger | Feb 4, 2009 | ESA, Satellites, Technology
Why is the Tomorrow’s Bird study report so delayed? Is it because its conclusions won’t support other European hopes for spaceflight that require a more powerful version of the EADS Astrium Ariane 5? Tomorrow’s Bird was, is, an 15-month European...
by Rob Coppinger | Jan 26, 2009 | ESA, exploration, International Space Station
Sources close to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)/Advanced Reentry Vehicle (ARV) team are telling Hyperbola that the November 2008 ESA ministerial meeting outcome was seen as catastrophic for the agency’s hopes for ARV...
by Rob Coppinger | Jan 6, 2009 | commercial launch services, ESA, Russia, Satellites, Soyuz
Already delayed from 2008 to 2009 the European Space Agency (ESA) seems to be preparing for a possible delay into 2010 for the introduction of Arianespace/Starsem French Guiana Space Centre (CSG) operations of the Samara Space Centre Soyuz 2-1a rocket as the maiden...
