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RE: Boeing reveals commercial crew transport bid
[quote user="Flightglobal"] Boeing is piling into a $50 million NASA competition to fill the crew transport gap left by the Space Shuttle fleet's 2010 retirement with a concept using......
RE: Royal Society president's anti-astronaut comments sparks UK backlash
[quote user="Flightglobal"] UK space scientists have criticised Martin Rees, president of the UK's national academy of science, the Royal Society, and the University of Cambridge's professor of cosmology and astrophysics, for his
New Euro-Russian manned spacecraft concept expected in 2008
Flightglobal: The European Space Agency is pushing to have ready by March or April next year a firm concept for the joint... Author: Rob Coppinger Date: 13 November 2007 Read the full article
Farnborough: Russia's Federal Space Agency cancels manned spacecraft tender
Flightglobal: At Farnborough air show Federal Space Agency director-general Anatoly Perminov revealed that the manned spacecraft tender, closely associated with the Kliper vehicle, has been cancelled Date: 26 July 2006 Read the full article
Apollo-like capsule chosen for Crew Space Transportation System
Flightglobal: In a departure from previous spherical Russian capsule designs, a conical manned capsule with a service module has been selected for the European... Author: Rob Coppinger Date: 22 May 2008 Read the full article
NASA signs five-year $719 million International Space Station crew and cargo contract with Russia's Federal Space Agency
Flightglobal: In Moscow NASA has signed a $719 million modification to its International Space Station (ISS) contract with Author: Rob Coppinger Date: 22 April 2007 Read the full article
India plans new manned rocket launch pad
Flightglobal: The Indian Space Research Organisation plans to build a third launch pad at its Satish Dhawan Space Centre... Author: Radhakrishna Rao Date: 14 October 2008 Read the full article
Manned Mars mission lander development to start in 2009
Flightglobal: NASA is planning to start development work for a manned Mars mission's lander and transfer stage in the fourth quarter of 2009 Author: Rob Coppinger Date: 19 December 2007 Read the full article
India plans manned space mission within a decade in $4.4bn plan to parliament
Flightglobal: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G Madhavan Nair has presented manned spaceflight plans to the Indian prime minister, Man Mohan Singh. The plan proposes to send an Indian astronaut into space in a capsule launched by
PICTURE: Boeing reveals commercial crew capsule
Flightglobal: Boeing has revealed its capsule concept for NASA's $50 million Commercial Crew Development (CCD) initiative Author: Rob Coppinger Date: 09 February 2010 Read the full article
