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The New Horizons planetary probe consists of fifty scientists and engineers who are planning to arrive on the planet Pluto by the year 2015. The trek to Pluto will take eight years and the members have armed themselves with different types of instruments to make life easier for them on their long journey.

The article discusses the spaceflight devices and equipment which will be available at the Paris Air Show including space rockets.

The article reports that NASA's nuclear-­powered spacecraft New Horizons probe is rushing towards a primordial material designated 2014 MU69 which is a Kuiper Belt Object (KBO), while 50 astronomers are trying to prevent the collision.

The article offers information on Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJR) launcher, from Orbital ATK Inc.

The article focuses on the growing competition in the U.S. hydrocarbon engines market as the U.S. Air Force and Congress agree to stop launching U.S. national security spacecraft with Russia's RD-180 rocket engine. Topics covered include a version of the SpaceX Merlin 1D, which powers the Falcon 9, the development by United Launch Alliance (ULA) of three engines fueled with liquid hydrogen and the decision of Orbital ATK to use the BE-3 reusable engine to power its New Shepard space vehicle.

The article focuses on the competition by U.S. launch-services rivals for the government launch market as lawmakers and general agree to stop launching U.S. national security spacecraft with Russia's RD-180 rocket engine. Topics covered include the plan of ULA to build a family of launchers dubbed Vulcan, the proposal by Aerojet Rocketdyne to power the Vulcan with rocket-grade kerosene as fuel, and the suggestion by Orbital ATKof hybrid launcher with a solid-fuel.

In this article the author shares some lessons learned by him during his career as print journalist specialized in space exploration. It author stated that spaceflight has changed a lot since Sputnik launched. The author tells that he had covered two space shuttle disasters, and a lot of other near disasters and miraculous recoveries. He tells that his favorite spaceflight story has been the merger of the U.S. and Soviet human exploration efforts that became the International Space Station.

A first person narrative is presented that explores the author's experience of attending the Paris Air Show in 1987.

The article reports on U.S. president Donald Trump’s decision to pull out the U.S. out of the international climate change agreement of 2017 in Paris, France, to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to slow the rise of global temperatures. Trump's statement discredits the data National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) has generated at taxpayer expense with its Earth-science spacecraft.

The article reports that U.S. president Donald Trump is forcing satellite servicing technology into the private sector. NASA is making its satellite servicing technology available to all interested U.S. companies, while DARPA is in a PPP with Space Systems Loral (SSL) to develop the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) demonstration spacecraft. It adds that NASA's roboticists work very closely with those at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL).

The article focuses on the first budget proposal of U.S. President Donald Trump for the U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) in 2018 which tracks closely with the policies under former President Barack Obama. It says that the NASA budget will maintain the agency's existing programs while eliminating Earth-science missions. It adds that the proposed budget will not cover the Europa lander proposed by Representative John Culberson.

The article offers information on the plan of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) to make some of its payload set to be launched in the International Space Station (ISS) in June 1, 2017. It mentions insight from Tom Mueller, cofounder of SpaceX with Elon Musk, regarding the plan of the company to promote low-cost launch in the outerspace under its commercial cargo mission that features its Dragon freighter.

The article discusses the probability of existence of water in the craters of the Earth's satellite called Moon and highlights the difficulties which are persistent regarding its mining. Topics discussed include space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) robotic lunar exploration and the opinions of project scientists John Keller and Richard Vondrak regarding the matter.

The article provides information on human spacelift technology used in Dream Chaser commercial cargo vehicle of Sierra Nevada Corp. Topics discussed include airframe design of commercial vehicle and reusable robotic spaceplane, contract of commercial resupply services with NASA, and national security work.

The article provides information on investment made in space and aeropace industries by Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com Inc. Topics discussed include use of private funds for the U.S. Space Exploration programs, government spending in space technology and research, and intrinsic motivation of businessmen for the same.

The article provides information on finalization of second stage of Tianzhou 1automated cargo spacecraft, launched by China including supply from the International Space Station (ISS). Topics discussed include China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC), application of docking technology, and microgravity research.

The article offers information on the 88 tiny “Dove” satellites from Planet Labs Inc.

The article reports that the U.S. aerospace companies are focused on space exploration policy. It4 mentions that the U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) plans for exploring the Solar System with the new heavylift Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion crew capsule, with humantended gateway in lunar orbit and a “deepspace transport” that could take astronauts to Mars orbit.

The article discusses the development missions of NASA's robotic space exploration program in Washington.

The article discusses the impact of Cold War-era capability requirements for U.S. military satellites, arguing that they add unnecessary cost to projects. Topics include the Cold War nuclear-protected communications systems Milstar and Advanced EHF (Extremely High Frequency), cost cutting measures using commercial strategies, and satellite developments by aerospace companies Boeing and Northrop Grumman.

U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) has advised NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe to temper his call for closer cooperation between the civilian space agency and the U.S. Defense Dept. and maintain the 'firewall' between military and civil space activities.

The article discusses the utilization of the International Space Station (ISS), focusing on scientific experiments which are being carried out by astronauts. The article examines the U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration's (NASA) and U.S. National Laboratory's research on topics such as the effects of microgravity exposure on the human body, astronaut nutrition, and spacecraft engineering. The article looks at the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (Casis), which manages commercial research on the ISS, as well as the development of space vehicles by the company Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX).

The article discusses the U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration's (NASA) Orion multi-purpose crew vehicle, examining methods which NASA is using to prevent cost overruns which occurred with the Constellation program. Orion program manager Mark Geyer says that NASA is focusing on high-risk items such as the thermal protection system (TPS), navigation systems, and the crew module. The Exploration Flight Test (ETF-1) and the construction of capsules by Lockheed Martin are examined.

The article discusses commercial use of outer space. The space tourism company Virgin Galactic is testing the SpaceShipTwo, the Nastar Center offers courses for people interested in traveling to outer space, and the company NanoRacks sells experiment accommodation on the International Space Station (ISS). The U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) awards prize money for the development of space vehicles and technology under the Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program.

The article looks at the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (Grail), a part of the U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) Discovery program which will map the gravity of the moon with satellites similar to those from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (Grace). John Henk of Lockheed Martin Space Systems, principle investigator Maria Zuber, and David Lehman of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) discuss the use of heritage hardware and the design of the vehicles.

The article reports on the efforts of managers and engineers at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to comply with the policy shift proposed by President Barack Obama. The Constellation Program of human space-exploration vehicles has been canceled and the search for a private route to space has commenced. Obama's budget request has killed the crew launch vehicle, Ares I.

The article announces the space entrepreneurs chosen by "Aviation Week & Space Technology" as the 2009 Person of the Year including Burt Rutan at Scaled Composites, Dave Masten of Masten Space Systems, and Jeff Greason of XCOR Aerospace.

The article reports on the progress of the construction of the Ares I launch vehicle of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). A panel led by former Lockheed Martin chief executive officer (CEO) Norman Augustine is exploring options for U.S. human space flight. A report of Augustine's group will possibly be used by the U.S. government to decide whether to continue developing the Ares I and the lunar-exploration architecture it supports, or move to another rocket project.

The article focuses on developments in hardware maintenance in space at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), following the return of the space shuttle Atlantis after the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. According to astronaut John Grunsfeld, similar work would be done as NASA explores further into space. Among the repair missions lined up for the agency is the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS).

The article reports on new water-related findings from the fleet of multinational spacecraft exploring Saturn and Mars, which are increasing the odds that habitable conditions for alien life exist in the Solar System. The flyby of the Cassini spacecraft to within 15 miles of Enceladus is providing new data on the water and dust jets firing from Saturn's moon 300 miles into space. Cassini project scientist Bob Pappalardo says instruments could detect individual finger-shaped plumes making up the jets as Cassini zoomed through.

This article looks at issues facing the U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) as it celebrates its 50th anniversary amid shifting national priorities in an ever-changing geopolitical scene. Today, the U.S. agency is facing another gap in its ability to orbit humans, and another war, with fronts in Iraq and Afghanistan, is gobbling up the resources that could be used to narrow it. The space shuttle, a compromise follow-on to Saturn V, is expected to retire by the end of 2010. Landsat is a good example of the problems NASA faces today.

The article ponders on the space policies of U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama. With the space program at a potentially historic crossroad, the space policy decisions that candidates make could well determine the direction the nation takes in its second-half-century of spaceflight. In their tactical considerations, McCain and Obama must consider that Florida has 27 votes in the Electoral College. ranking fourth after California, Texas and New York.

The article focuses on the space shuttle Discovery whose on-time launch on May 31, 2008 left a mess on the ground that has cast a shadow over the future launch schedule for the shuttle and perhaps even its follow-on vehicle. It says crews wearing spacesuit-like hazmat gear were inspecting Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, from which Discovery lifted off. Scattered around the pad are hundreds of Apollo-vintage firebricks that were blasted out of the flame trench, most likely by the supersonic force of Discovery's solid rocket booster exhaust.

The article reports on the plans of top U.S. planetary scientists, several astronauts and former U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) division directors to offer to the next U.S. President an alternative to the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) of U.S. President George W. Bush and NASA. The alternative space exploration plan would delete a lunar base and move instead toward manned missions to asteroids along with a renewed emphasis on Earth environmental spacecraft.

The article focuses on the Columbus laboratory module on the International Space Station in Munich, Germany. German astronaut Hans Schlegel and France's Leopold Eyharts hope to begin activating the laboratory module before the end of 2007. The Columbus module will launch with ESA's Biolab, Fluid Science Laboratory, European Physiology Module and European Drawer Rack already mounted inside.

The article discusses the preparations of the New Horizons scientists and engineers for probe's arrival in Pluto. The 50-person team operating the New Horizons planetary probe will start planning for its July 2015 arrival at Pluto. Alan Stern shares that the team will incorporate lessons and scientific results from the nuclear-powered spacecraft's flyby of Jupiter in their plans for Pluto.

This article reports that the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is preparing to send robotic scouts to the Moon. Still, a rich scientific haul will be inevitable, even without the peer-review wrangling that normally picks targets for expensive space-science missions. Work on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter set for launch in 2008, and on the lander known only as the second mission in the Robotic Lunar Exploration Program--is being driven more by the need to find a place for humans to land again than by unfettered curiosity about the Earth's huge satellite. Laurie A. Leshin, director of sciences and exploration at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland, advised the agency on implementing U.S. President George W. Bush's exploration policy, stresses that the robotic program will produce important results for scientists and explorers. NASA's early exploration plans include a focus on possible in situ resource utilization--living off the land with local materials--at the Moon as practice for more challenging expeditions to Mars.

This article reports that the planned launch of Atlantis on STS-121, the second return-to-flight mission, will be pushed beyond its September launch window into November or well into 2006. Atlantis, integrated with its external tank and solid rocket boosters, was soon due to be rolled to Pad 39B, but that will likely be delayed. The silver lining in this new cloud is that the project was able to document another potentially life-threatening problem with the external tank, but without a repeat of the Columbia tragedy.

This article reports on the upcoming National Aeronautics and Space Administration, programs. NASA's selections between very different robotic spacecraft for a $700-million mission scheduled to fly by 2010 is emblematic of the strains that are likely to beset the U.S. agency and its international partners for years to come as they struggle to map the new pay-as-you-go U.S. exploration program. In choosing between a vehicle to return lunar samples from the Aitkin Basin at the Moon's south pole, and an orbiter that would circle Jupiter from pole to pole to see if the gas giant has a solid core, NASA managers must strike a balance between human space spectaculars close to home and the equally spectacular science possible deeper in space.

The article presents information about India's space program. India is pushing its largely indigenous space industry into the international arena as buyer, seller and potential exploration partner. Blocked by sanctions and diplomacy from collaborating on space projects, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has developed a sophisticated indigenous space infrastructure to meet its needs. India has a highly successful commercial deal with Space Imaging of the U.S. to market lower-resolution imagery from its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) system, which has included several ISRO satellites and sensors since the deal was struck a decade ago.

Small satellites could be on the verge of a renaissance over the next five years, if new low-cost rockets being developed to meet changes in the U.S. military requirements remove the biggest hurdle to widespread use of small satellites the price of reaching orbit. Even though launch costs have restrained small satellites applications, the creative complex of university engineering laboratories and small aerospace companies that typically develops small satellites still has managed to get more than 170 satellites weighing less than 300 kg off the ground since 1990.

Combining civil and military satellite weather observation under a single umbrella is still on track to save the U.S. government more than $1 billion over the long haul, but near-term budget pruning and a serious satellite-handling mishap have raised the possibility that a coverage gap could develop late in the decade. Even so, once they are built and launched, the "converged" civilian and military satellites now on the drawing boards should give their users data that is much richer and available much quicker than existing systems provide. Based on sensor advances pioneered by NASA's Earth Observing System spacecraft, the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) will define the state of the art in environmental monitoring from space.

Presents several satellite images from the remote-sensing satellites. Number of Antarctic glaciers; Separation of the icebergs from the Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica; Glow of Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario on the U.S./Canada border with fluorescence from phytoplankton.

Focuses on the construction of the proposed Terrestrial Planet Finder space telescope by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the U.S. Improvement of the lightweight mirror technology; Detection of Earthlike planet; Assessment of the designs.

Features various aircraft industry products and services. Automated machine tools designed to mass produce composite aircraft parts from Cincinnati Machine; Diodes from International Rectifier; Electrochemical capacitors from North American Capacitor Co.

Describes the work on the international space station at Boeing's facility in Hunstville, Alabama. Morale of workers at peak despite tight schedule; Start of work on space-walking techniques for astronauts; Project a collaboration among American, Russian, Japanese and European engineers; Award fee provisions of contract with National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

The article discusses efforts of civil agencies to collaborate with private firms for spaceflight development. It notes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's selection of Boeing and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) to develop its human-spaceflight vehicle. It reflects on Alphabus project, a satellite platform developed among the European Space Agency, French space agency Centre national d'études spatiales and manufacturers Airbus Defense and Thales Alenia Space.

The article discusses commercial crew space transport vehicles being built for the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) by Boeing Co. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Details are presented about the two vehicles, which are planned to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station.

The article discusses research opportunities presented when the Siding Spring comet from the Oort Cloud passes Mars in September and October 2014. Topics include the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (Maven) satellite launched by the U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration to study the presence of water on Mars; the Mangalyaan Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) sent by the Indian Space Research Organization; and danger the comet presents to the satellites.