Spaceflight September 2006

Contents

International Space News
UK flies space flag at Farnborough Air Show, Europe seeks role in future crew transport craft, New Mexico trumpets its space ambitions, ESA boost for space tourism ventures, Space Adventures announces spacewalk option, UK’s Starchaser plans ‘Rocket City’ development, Cassini reveals Titan Xandu region to be Earth-like land, NASA marks Viking 30th anniversary, German astronaut to fly with Columbus, Indian launcher fails after lift-off, Names given to first boosters, MetOp launch slips, Smart-1 to bow out with lunar impact, Russia to launch unique space observatory, reorganisation for Russian space programme, Prototype HTV unveiled in Japan

Space Station Chronology
Neville Kidger

Back to back for Discovery
Gerard van de Haar, Rudolf van Beest and Clive Simpson

Apocrypha now
Dwayne Day

Letters and emails
Privilege to record start of space age, Partial solution to bone loss dilemma, Debating UK space policy, Health hazards of working in space, Stamp identity, No turning back this time, Promoting BIS in the media, Lifting down from orbit

Society news and announcements
Raising the political profile on NEO hazards, Cultural opportunities in space