The Plasma Crystal project is the most prolific physics research programme conducted in Earth orbit - what is it, what has it achieved and what can the results be used for?
Cooperation between France and Russia over the past 50 years has delivered benefits to both countries
As Earth’s magnetic poles continue to shift our likely nemesis is a massive solar storm
Pascale Ehrenfreund has been Chair of the DLR Executive Board since 17 August 2015. She obtained degrees in Astronomy and Biology at the University of Vienna, where she also earned her doctorate in 1990. Ehrenfreund held a professorship in Astrobiology at the University of Amsterdam and the University of Leiden.
Chen Lan is an independent analyst who created Go Taikonauts! (www.go-taikonauts.com), the earliest unofficial web site about the Chinese space programme, in 1998. He is also co-founder and major contributor of the Go Taikonauts! electronic magazine that provides in-depth reports on the Chinese space programme.
Leon Rosenblum received an MS degree from the State Marine Technical University of St Petersburg in 1990. Since 1992 he has lived in Israel. Engaged in the study of the history of human spaceflight, the biographies of the participants of the spaceflights, and space insignias. He is the author of over 400 articles on the history and present day of space, published in Israel, Russia, Ukraine, the UK and other countries.
The Middle East has been the backdrop for changes in the character of war and, with the rapid dissemination of high-resolution Earth observation satellites throughout the region, more changes are in store
Regulating human behaviour and how we might deal with crime in space
Space exploration has had an important and significant impact on contemporary cultural history
Wing Commander Kiran Krishnan Nair is the Joint Director Operations (Space) at Air HQs, New Delhi. He has been posted to work with the Centre for Airpower Studies, New Delhi, on issues related to sustainable development of space and space security since 2012.