Spaceflight May 2008

Contents

International Space News
Yi heads for ISS after Korean crew switch, Entrepreneur to work with British students, Space Generation Congress 2008, Methane found on distant Jupiter-like planet, Envisat data monitors greenhouse gas, China confirms busy programme, Observations focus on lunar south pole, Space Academy funding announced, Launch date set for Jason-2, First COTS launch delayed, Inquiry into satellite loss, Public’s chance to launch a rocket

Satellite Digest     

ESA’s human spaceflight plans
Nick Spall

Europe’s first space tug heads for Station
Neville Kidger
 
Launch marks New Zealand’s first space step
Robert Evans

Space Station Chronology
Neville Kidger 

First rock from the Sun
Philip Corneille

Up close at Launch Complex 17
Ken Kremer

The secret years
Bert Vis
 
Letters and emails
Software doesn’t deliver for public, Astronaut question has only one answer, Modular space station design, Britain needs firm presence, Unsupported allegations, Government shows little real support, Understanding the expansion of space

Sir Arthur C Clarke
Obituary and tributes