by Rob Coppinger | Apr 1, 2009 | Seradata News
David Thompson, chairman and chief executive of Orbital Sciences, spoke at the Space Foundation’s 25th National Space Symposium on 31 March 2009 about the future of US leadership in space and asked can it last? Click here to listen to part oneClick here to...
by Rob Coppinger | Feb 4, 2009 | ESA, Satellites, Technology
credit ESA / caption: an Arianespace Ariane 5 launches the Superbird-7 and AMC-21 satellitesWhy 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...
by Rob Coppinger | Jan 30, 2009 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, Personal spaceflight
credit SpaceX / The FAA assessment examined the potential impact from 120 launches over five yearsThe US Federal Aviation Administration has posted to the US government’s federal register today its Environmental Assessment (EA) that found no significant...
by Rob Coppinger | Jan 23, 2009 | Seradata News
credit ESA / caption: could Moon mission astronauts use robots to be super people?The European Space Agency’s Aurora core programme €500,000 ($640,000) EXploration Robotics Requirements and Concepts (X-ROB) study is investigating robots for assembly,...
by Rob Coppinger | Jan 9, 2009 | Seradata News
credit JAXAThe Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)’s rocket and spacecraft development establishment, the Tsukuba Space Center, has produced a concept for a four-crew capsule that is part of a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIB rocket launched...
