July 2020
The four horsemen of space finance
... their larger multi-national enterprises. These are of course the larger strategic firms such as Lockheed Martin, Airbus, Boeing and Northrop Grumman. While this can be a good source of capital for companies, it also puts them...
October 2020
Microgravity and its effects on the human brain
... HDBR, rather than neuroplasticity or neurodegeneration. ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst having a taste of weightlessness aboard an Airbus A300 Zero-G during a parabolic flight. Operational performance Whereas changes to brain tissue have rarely been...
January 2021
Asgardia’s project for a new module to expand Space Station
... of commercial efforts to augment the ISS include the Bigelow expandable module and the upcoming Bartolomeo facility by Airbus and Bishop Airlock from Nanoracks. Most recently, in January 2020, NASA awarded a US$140 million contract to Axiom...
March 2021
Campuses, clusters and a leading force in UK space
... art facilities and talented staff easily accessible to all businesses, from start-ups to large corporates such as Airbus and Lockheed Martin. With the growth of business comes economic benefits including employment, regional development and...
August 2021
AI in space – a legal perspective
... as a scientific assistant to astronauts, the AI-powered CIMON-2 (Crew Interactive MObile companioN), developed and built by Airbus on behalf of the DLR, is capable of assessing astronauts’ emotions and reacting in a manner that is appropriate to the...
June 2022
Space logistics: achieving end-to-end mobility for space
... aerospace experience that he acquired during various internships at Caltech (California), Swiss Space Systems and more recently at Airbus Defence & Space in the Advanced Systems team. Paul has the role of Head of In Orbit Servicing and R&D director...
