by Rob Coppinger | Mar 13, 2009 | Constellation, exploration, JAXA, NASA, Orion
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has released infromation about the latest meeting for the global exploration strategy, agreed in 2007. Its International Space Exploration Coordination Group met for the third time in Yokohama, Japan from 10-12 March JAXA...
by Rob Coppinger | Mar 4, 2009 | ESA, exploration
The European Space Agency has released information about its lunar lander plans 15 months after Flight first reported on it in November 2007 and the agency’s exporation director Bernard Hufenbach provided Hyperbola with more lander detail in the following April...
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 2, 2009 | Constellation, exploration, NASA, Technology
The third Lander Design Analysis Cycle (LDAC) for NASA’s Altair Lunar Lander is expected to finish next month (March). After publishing an Apollo lunar module and Constellation programme Altair LDAC-2 comparison and accompanying Altair development...
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 9, 2009 | Ares, Constellation, exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Orion
Did Michael Griffin make his last public speech as NASA administrator on 8 January at the Space Transportation Association’s breakfast meeting? Many think so and all will be revealed soon enough. Hyperbola has managed to obtain an audio recording of...
