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Russia asks JAXA to help develop Clipper Spaceship

Oct 14 - Russia has asked Japan's space development agency to participate in its new Kliper spacecraft development program, agency officials said Thursday. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has started collecting information on the program and will decide by year's end ...

Plans for Euro-Russian spaceplane

Sep 28 - The European Space Agency (Esa) is proposing joining forces with Russia to develop a new vehicle for human spaceflight, the Clipper. The six-person spaceplane would give European astronauts autonomous access to the space station and the Moon. E...

NASAs New CEV Launcher to Maximize Use of Space Shuttle Components

Aug 01 - The decision on what new launch vehicles NASA plans to use in the coming decades is rapidly coming into focus. In some ways these launchers will be new - yet they will also look very familiar using hardware and concepts that have long and well-established flight histories.