by Rob Coppinger | Jan 7, 2009 | China, exploration
credit CCTV9 / caption: China’s LOX/LH2 fuelled Long March 5 rocket animation 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...
by Rob Coppinger | Jan 5, 2009 | Seradata News
credit: Bigelow Aerospace / caption: Could this be a sports venue?The economic power of sports can’t be ignored, if you’re not convinced by American Football’s Superbowl extravaganza’s 30s tv advert slot costs then just glance at the...
by Rob Coppinger | Nov 24, 2008 | exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Space Shuttle
credit: NASA / caption: see the Earth through Endeavour’s flight deck windowsOn 16 November 2008 NASA astronaut Eric Boe, STS-126 pilot, is shown here sitting at the pilot’s station on the forward flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour during...
by Rob Coppinger | Oct 13, 2008 | NASA, Russia
credit: ESA** / caption: Federal Space Agency chief Anatoly Perminov In an unusually blunt and undiplomatic move Russia’s Federal Space Agency (FSA) has posted on its website a report about a 7 October meeting between its public relations staff and...
by Rob Coppinger | Sep 3, 2008 | exploration
Credit: ESAThe above image shows the current concept for a European low lunar orbit space station that would act as a refeuling depot, as a staging point and as a safe haven if disaster struck. At the node’s nadir port a cylindrical lander with suit ports is...
