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26 February 2018
After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program
... of a professional treatment and, thanks to the skills of the author, it’s also a fascinating read. In 14 chapters, John Logsdon transports his readers from the end of the Apollo era to the ‘What Next?’ Space Shuttle era with some damning analysis on the way. “The space program was not high...
October 2021
Technology transfer and the ‘local’ space market
... of the enterprise is crucial to mission success and the safety of crew and hardware. The Scottish Space Leadership Council and its related working groups work together with the Scottish Government and its economic enterprise agencies to coordinate and increase awareness in the space industry. Mutual support In space, the future...
January 2023
China’s space ambitions fuel defence spending and global innovation
..., with 46 national space agencies and four international organisations. China has also leveraged the success of its civilian space programmes to partner and collaborate with the other space powers, including Russia and the European Space Agency, on scientific missions. The primary focus of China’s space outreach has...
September 2025
Why the global space sector needs urgent regulation
..., and the UK Space Agency’s expanding remit. As Science Minister I was a member of the newly created Cabinet Committee for Science and Technology, and the National Science and Technology Council (NSCT) and Space Council, both chaired by the Prime Minister. Infographic showing the increase in space launches from the launch of Sputnik...
May 2024
Out of this world – NASA’s textile technicians and innovations for space voyages
... through magnetic rings using needles. These seamstresses literally weaved the computer’s programming instructions that contained 589,824 ones and zeros! NASA’s seamstresses also dressed the Space Shuttle. They made multilayered flexible insulation blankets out of silica...
March 2018
Zero gravity and the human heart
.... 3 Buckley JC, Gaffney FA, Lane LD, et al. Central venous pressure in space. NEJ Med. 1993; 328:1853-4. 4 Bungo MW, and Johnson PC. Cardiovascular examinations and Observations of deconditioning during the Space Shuttle Orbital Flight Test Program. Aviat Space Environ Med. 1983; 54(11):1001-1004. 5 Bungo MW, Charles...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... be needed to allow this. Collaborations and data sharing The UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), the International Astronautical Federation, and the EU Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST), among other organisations, encourage data sharing and the responsible use of space. The Combined Space Operations Initiative (CSpO) with...
January 2021
How the UK space sector is levelling up with support from its science facilities
... regional projects including a new North West ‘space hub’, led by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) through the UK Space Agency. The North West already boasts the largest aerospace sector in Europe and, within the UK, its digital economy is second only to London...
January 2021
What it takes to be a space entrepreneur
... just an idea”, says Lon Levin, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin subsidiary GEOshare, and co-founder of XM Radio and the MILO Space Science Institute. Levin is also interested in how...as fast as we can in the space industry, whether it’s military or commercial or civil, but the challenge is how to do it while also maintaining the quality that’s critical in space. Space is a pretty harsh environment, and the quality has to be exceedingly good...
