by Rob Coppinger | Apr 1, 2009 | China, exploration, space station, Technology
In a 23min 44s one-on-one interview with Flight the head of China’s manned space programme, Dr Zhou Jianping, talked about the future of the Shenzhou spacecraft, the country’s space laboratory plans, how the docking missions will be organised, what...
by Rob Coppinger | Mar 31, 2009 | Apollo, Ares, ESA, exploration, History, International Space Station, NASA, Space tourism
You can find Flightglobal.com’s news and blog page (or landing page as its known in the jargon) for the 25th National Space Symposium right here. You can create you’re own landing pages for any aerospace topic you want by going to this page and typing into...
by Rob Coppinger | Mar 30, 2009 | Ares, Constellation, exploration, NASA
What does ITT know? Is Ares I crew launch vehicle going to get solid rocket boosters? I am guessing that this is an Exploration Systems Architecture Study trade space reject – this blog post is just a bit of fun I haven’t got the time to actually check it...
by Rob Coppinger | Mar 29, 2009 | Commercial human spaceflight, ESA, exploration, JAXA, NASA, Space tourism
This week Hyperbola is coming from the US of A and in particular two spaceflight conferences. They are, the Space Foundation’s National Space Symposium, usually at the beginning of which there are protesters outside so one wonders if that will happen again this...
by Rob Coppinger | Mar 26, 2009 | Ares, Constellation, exploration, NASA, Technology
NASA’s first Ares I crew launch vehicle (CLV) five-segment solid rocket motor (SRM) firing test has been delayed by up to six-months from 2 April to September at the latest or August Ares I uses an SRM for its first stage and its prime contractor Alliant...
by Rob Coppinger | Mar 16, 2009 | Constellation, exploration, NASA
Jeff Foust twittered about this survey, carried out by the Everett group, and anyone wondering what the US taxpayer thinks what NASA’s core mission should be (something president Barack Obama wants to navel gaze about apparently) need only read this
