by Rob Coppinger | Jan 7, 2009 | China, exploration
Members of China’s Manned Space Engineering office (which seems to be an organisation operated jointly by the China National Space Administration and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)) visited the UK recently Hyperbola has gleaned a few details from their...
by Rob Coppinger | Jan 6, 2009 | Ares, Commercial human spaceflight, Constellation, ESA, exploration, International Space Station, JAXA, NASA, Orion, Personal spaceflight, Russia, Satellites, Space Shuttle, Space tourism, Technology, Virgin Galactic
While the blogosphere has been twirling to the rumour mill of Obama inspired military NASA reports (alternate universe stuff as far as Hyperbola is concened) and alleged campaigns in favour of the US space agency administrator Mike Griffin I have written a 2009...
by Rob Coppinger | Jan 2, 2009 | Constellation, exploration, NASA
According to sources at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) this week saw Bourne trilogy producer Doug Liman tour KSC for his new big budget Moon mission movie Has Hollywood discovered the Constellation programme too late? Can it drum up a greater public awareness...
by Rob Coppinger | Dec 24, 2008 | Apollo, exploration, History, NASA
Today is the 40th anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 8’s broadcast, a mission that saw humans witness Earth rise for the first timeWithout a Lunar Module (LM), Apollo 8 had a Lunar Test Article that was a representative mass of the LM
by Rob Coppinger | Dec 23, 2008 | commercial launch services, exploration, Technology
The Aeronautics and Cosmonautics Romanian Association (ARCA) has unveiled its rocket for getting its Moon roaming European Lunar Explorer vehicle to the planetoid with engine tests planned for next year and a first flight in 2011 Named after an Austro-Romanian...
by Rob Coppinger | Dec 15, 2008 | exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Technology
As revealed by Flight back in August NASA will help its former astronaut Franklin Chang-Díaz “flight” test his engine, the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMIR), on the International Space Station following a...
