Tag Archives: space tourism

Plane speaking with Tim Peake, ESA Astronaut

Tim Peake is the first British member of ESA's Astronaut Corps (ESA)

An interview with British ESA Astronaut Major Tim Peake on training for outer space, what it takes to be an astronaut and NASA/ESA cooperation.

Farnborough Air Show 2012 – Summary & Futures Day

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Analysis and summary of the 2012 Farnborough Air Show on 9-15 July, including the Futures Day.

Farnborough Air Show 2012 – Day 4 highlights

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A report of the highlights from the fourth and final trade day of the 2012 Farnborough Air Show on 9-15 July

Farnborough Air Show 2012 – Day 3 highlights

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A report of the highlights from the third day of the 2012 Farnborough Air Show on 9-15 July

Farnborough Air Show 2012 – Day 2 highlights

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A report of the highlights from the second day of the 2012 Farnborough Air Show on 9-15 July

Farnborough Air Show 2012 – Day 1 highlights

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A report of the highlights from the first day of the 2012 Farnborough Air Show on 9-15 July

Space access revolution?

SS2 and VMS Eve in hangar 3

A report on the recent RAeS Third European Space Tourism conference.

Farnborough Air Show 2012 preview -UPDATED

The Blades in action.

An updated preview of what to look forward to at this year’s Farnborough Air Show on 9-15 July

EXCLUSIVE: Aerosociety scoops real spacecraft for space tourism display

Excalibur Almaz's RRV capsule will make its London debut in June. (Excalibur Almaz).

For the first time ever, London will see a reusable twice-flown Russian spacecraft put on public display as part of a milestone Royal Aeronautical Society conference on space tourism in June.

UK aims to carve space biomedicine niche

UK space biomedicine in practice. A novel method of sampling arterialised blood from the ear in microgravity. Numerous terrestrial applications exists for such technology. (Spacehub).

After years sitting on the sidelines of human spaceflight activities, Britain is now aiming to reach for the stars with a new national space biomedicine strategy. A report of how the UK is aspiring to leverage Zero-G medicine for space and terrestrial benefits.

Video interview – Dr Piers Sellers – NASA Astronaut

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Exclusive video interview with British-born astronaut Dr Piers Sellers OBE on the imminent retirement of the Space Shuttle, space tourism, a manned Mars mission and NASA’s future focus.

The Great New Space Race

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In this controversial opinion piece, guest blogger David Ashford argues strongly that spaceplanes, not rockets should be the way forward for low-cost orbital space access and if the will and resources were found, could be in service sooner than we think.

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Tim Robinson Editor in Chief of AEROSPACE presents news, analysis and the latest developments in the aerospace and aviation sectors from the UK and around the globe. Tim and the Society's publications department publish blog posts, articles, video interviews and multimedia content for a regular dose of insight into global aerospace.