ROOM: The Space Journal is one of the major magazines on space exploration, technology and industry. At ROOM, we share a common goal – promotion of peaceful space exploration for the benefit of humankind, all while bringing you throughly researched articles on an array of popular topics. Our authors include scientists and industry leaders from all over the world, which lets us bring you the newest and comprehensive information about space journals online.
October 2025
Europe’s unified vision for space governance and growth
...to increase competitiveness, enhance security and embed sustainability at the core of space operations. Against this backdrop, the Forum provided ROOM Space Journal with a firsthand insight into how Europe plans to redefine its role ...in the global space economy. For years, Europe’s space sector has operated within a patchwork ...
September 2025
Why the global space sector needs urgent regulation
...challenging the ability of governments and regulators to keep up. In this thought-provoking opinion piece for ROOM Space Journal, former UK Science Minister and Member of the British Parliament George Freeman argues for a bold, .... The time for conversations has passed. We must now move to implementation As UK Minister for Space, I often compared space to a highway network. Who would want to drive on a highway scattered with broken down vehicles...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
...model building. It is therefore no great surprise that Lego has embarked on its own small space programme. Entering space Space is increasingly an integral part of our culture… It is therefore no great surprise that ... writer, and a Commissioning Editor for ROOM Space Journal. He has 40 years of experience as a satellite communications engineer and consultant to the space industry, space insurance and space education sectors. He is the author of ...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
...Acta Astronautica, vol. 2, pp. 785-799, 1975. 9 B. C. Edwards, “The Space Elevator, Phase I Final Report, NIAC,” 31 October 2000. [Online]. Available: http://www.niac.usra.edu/files/studies/final_report/472Edwards.pdf. [Accessed... 16 July 2018]. 10 B. C. Edwards, “The Space Elevator, Phase II Final Report, NIAC,” 31 January 2003. [Online]. Available: http://www.niac.usra.edu/files/studies/final_report/521Edwards.pdf. [...
August 2018
AI offers new approach to space situational awareness
...Autoencoders (VAE), we can model the variations of the appearance of a particular space object or a class of space objects. We can also model (or interpolate) a finer variation between objects ...space surveillance system built by Lockheed Martin for the US Air Force, due to be operational in 2019, will revolutionize SSA by detecting orbital hazards well in advance of an eventual collision. New concepts in AI New research has shown the use of online...
16 March 2018
CSUN undergraduate published in Room, The Space Journal
... and a few other SGAC members, Perez co-authored an article recently published in Room, The Space Journal. Perez worked alongside Ph.D. candidates and was the only undergraduate student on this publication. Enabling Private...the point of view of the millennial generation, gave Perez the opportunity to write about the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, which she writes, “demonstrates a willingness by the U.S. government to allow innovation...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
...in orbit as a result of human involvement that no longer serve a ‘useful’ purpose. The European Space Agency (ESA) stated in February 2020 that, according to statistical modelling, there were an estimated 34,000... could cause potentially mission-altering consequences. Given that a huge number of satellites, as well as the International Space Station (ISS), operate in LEO, it is hardly surprising that the proliferation of debris is of major concern ...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
... environment, and remote sensing law & regulation. He has been a contributor to several aviation and space law focused journals, is a member of the International Institute of Space Law, is the Chair of the Legal Technical Committee with the American Institute of Aeronautics...
May 2022
Essential guide to the James Webb Space Telescope
... around nearby worlds. Although we have planned extraordinary science, we cannot imagine the universe the James Webb Space Telescope is about to reveal. WST is not ‘Hubble’s Replacement’ but ‘Hubble’s Successor’, designed to build ... Universe’s expansion. All this serendipitous science before all the instruments have even been brought online. Complementing NIRCam is the Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec), which splits light into its constituent...
