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Aerospace

Cornerstone project to address mechanical challenges of all-electric flight

MAGMA jet-powered UAV sets course for flapless flight

Pan-European drone project detects toxic gases in disaster zones

Qatar signs £6bn agreement for 24 Typhoon multi-role combat aircraft

Contract heralds "new paradigm in weather forecasting"

Stirling awarded contract for electric nose-wheel system

From Sputnik to Apollo 11 - nine giant leaps in the space race

April 1961: Yuri Gagarin makes first manned space flight

November 1957: Sputnik 2

May 1961: Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space

Video of the week: Wingsuit BASE jumpers catch mid-air flight

Siemens, Rolls-Royce and Airbus join forces on hybrid-electric aircraft