A prototype of what will be the UK’s largest space rocket has been unveiled, ahead of a planned September 2009 launch.
Creator and Salford University academic Steve Bennett hopes ‘Nova 2′ will take paying passengers into space by 2013.
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Also a couple days ago Nicolas Sarkozy (President of France) announced an ambitious step forward for […]
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ESA has today opened applications for talented individuals wishing to become an astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps. There has not been a selection campaign since 1992, so this is a rare opportunity to be at the forefront of ESA’s human spaceflight programmes including future missions to […]
How am I supposed to fly a spaceship through this mess? This picture is from the recent ESA sky-survey. They have a page up at their site charting the evolution of space trash from the year of Sputnik to today.
We need to get this ish under control. Firms need to coordinate their […]
S123-E-007906 (21 March 2008) — Astronaut Robert L. Behnken, STS-123 mission specialist, participates in the mission’s fourth scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the 6-hour, 24-minute spacewalk, Behnken and astronaut Mike Foreman (out of frame), mission specialist, replaced a failed Remote Power Control Module […]
