Rob Coppinger is a veteran aerospace writer whose work has appeared in Flight International, on the BBC, in The Engineer, Live Science, the Aviation Week Network and other publications. He has covered a wide range of subjects from aviation and aerospace technology to space exploration, information technology and engineering. In September 2021, Rob became the editor of SpaceFlight Magazine, a publication by the British Interplanetary Society. He is based in France. You can follow Rob's latest space project via Twitter.
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The booster is part of a project to develop a big, partially reusable rocket.

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The proposed project is a joint effort of Europe and Russia.

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Liu and two male crewmates pulled off China's first-ever manned space docking this past June.

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The spaceflight firm's leaders talk about where Virgin Galactic hopes to go in the future.

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The makers of a space plane called Skylon hope to interest the European Space Agency.

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Russia has reconfigured its Angara rocket to launch the new ACV crew spacecraft in the works.

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NASA cuts could see Spirit, Opportunity rovers return with advanced sensors and land with atomic clocks and ballutes

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Virgin Galactic's LauncherOne rocket will launch small satellites into orbit from a carrier plane.

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The private company Excalibur Almaz plans to send people to the moon on recycled Russian spacecraft.

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A new spaceship design and a plan to launch commercial cargo loads may be announced soon.

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The Vinci space plane looks like a jetliner and takes off horizontally from a runway.

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The European Space Agency's plans for crewed Soyuz flights from French Guiana are unlikely.

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Spaceflyers on SpaceShipTwo could resemble 007 more than NASA astronauts.
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