April 2025
Azores rising – Portugal’s Atlantic outpost vying to become space gateway
... building a truly open spaceport,” Carvalho enthused during an interview on a noisy Portugal Space stand at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Milan, Italy, in October. “Our recent suborbital launches from the Azores are more than just...
April 2025
Strapped for success - from racetrack to orbit
... setting a new benchmark for ergonomic and lightweight designs. The Sabelt stand at the 2024 International Astronautical Congress exhibition in Milan, Italy. Lunar vehicles Sabelt plans to use components, materials, processes and technology developed...
10 October 2015
NASA releases plan for Mars exploration
... achievement.” “In the coming weeks, I look forward to continuing to discuss the details of our plan with members of Congress, as well as our commercial and our international partners, many of whom will be attending the International Astronautical...
31 January 2016
Rick Tumlinson Publishes Letter to the Washington Space Establishment
...eventual irrelevance. The opportunity is a new administration and congress recognizes the future in the headlines as these next space...program -- along with exploration. The next administration and congress must codify these goals. Next, we must align ...
28 March 2018
Woes for Webb as the space telescope is delayed again
... $7.3 billion of the $8 billion it was allocated by U.S Congress for the development of Webb. If the project goes beyond the...cap, the space telescope will have to be reauthorised by Congress and the potential for further delays increases. But, do any...
18 March 2019
A habitat prototype for NASA’s Moon-orbiting Gateway
... A former U.S. Navy pilot, and a member of Congress until his NASA appointment in 2018, Bridenstine described NASA’s ... speech about the White House’s fiscal year 2020 budget request to Congress. “I hear people sometimes say, ‘Well, you know, Gateway ...
