September 2025
AI cybersecurity - challenges in space
... general cybersecurity standards exist, they often do not adequately cover the unique attack surfaces and failure modes associated with AI (e.g. adversarial attacks and data poisoning). Many space technologies, including AI applications for Earth...
October 2025
Satellite technology - from operational challenges to strategic opportunities
... during launch whilst remaining stable and precise in orbit. The ability to model dynamic responses, vibration modes and structural deflections enables optimised designs that meet performance requirements whilst minimising mass, a critical constraint...
02 December 2014
Rosetta comet success SpaceShipTwo
... officials were delighted with the initial 80 per cent data stream success. It is hoped that the sleep-mode that Philae is in may change and, once sunlight is received to on-board solar panels, the lander may recharge...
02 December 2014
Orion service module contract for Airbus
... and new waste management systems. It will soon be tested atop a Delta Heavy rocket in December 2014 in uncrewed mode, during the EFT-1 test flight out to 5,800 km beyond low-Earth orbit. An Orion launch on the heavy...
05 February 2016
SpaceX' Ambitious Plans Discussed at Commercial Space Transportation Conference
... the luxury in years past of having to build only a few rockets a year,” she said, “so we really weren’t in a production mode.” Last year would have been the first to require a high production rate of the rocket, she said...
12 February 2016
A scientific breakthrough as gravitational waves detected for the first time
... be left that will rid itself of its deformity by emitting excess energy in a process known as the quasi-normal mode or the ring down signal. Crucially, the waves from the last few minutes of the binary's evolution...
