November 2020
Walking on the Moon
... direct result of government funding and, undeniably, political motivation to claim a ‘first’ in space exploration. As such, following the Apollo 11 and 12 manned lunar landings of 1969, the first teleoperated rover to reach the lunar surface was the...
November 2019
The economic promise of space
...rocket planes, to Earth orbiting capsules and, finally, to the Apollo lunar missions. John Kennedy’s challenge to land men on the Moon...of taking advantage of the technology developed during the Apollo era, short-sighted US politicians gutted the space...
June 2022
Finnish start-up ReOrbit aims to revolutionise space industry
... were hardware focused. We started seeing computers used on spacecraft in the 1960s, for example on the Gemini and Apollo spacecraft. Satellite designs began to resemble architectural designs: they had layers, protocols and strong interactions with...
23 December 2015
First new 'ground truth' in 40 years as Chinese rover Yuto presents analysis of moon rocks
... mineral constituent of the basalts returned from both the Apollo and Luna missions is titanium. The rocks returned via...indicated here with a white square. The landing sites of the Apollo missions are in red. Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/ASU The ...
November 2019
Cosmo’s adventures in animated edutainment
... topographical map on the desk was 3D printed by The 3D Printing Store in Colorado. By setting Cosmo’s origin during the Apollo era, he represents the history of world space programmes, while his earthbound kindred spirit, a young female character...
April 2020
Space Florida - gateway to an interstellar future
...world watched as the historic missions of Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle launched from Florida, as well as ... under-utilised assets. Facilities that once launched NASA’s Apollo and Space Shuttle missions are now launching commercial rockets...
