June 2022
Sunshades in space could help alleviate Earth’s climate crisis
... 1.5C-2.0C maximum acceptable range (as set by the Paris Agreement). NASA’s Solar Cruiser mission, planned for 2025, will demonstrate solar sail propulsion by flying sunward of Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1 (L-1) and maintaining its position along the...
22 February 2019
NASA selects experiments for possible lunar flights in 2019
... advanced solar arrays for longer mission duration. The Lunar Node 1 Navigation Demonstrator will demonstrate a navigational beacon to assist with geolocation for lunar orbiting spacecraft and landers. NASA facilities across the ...
October 2015
Taking AIM with ESA: proposing the first visit to a binary asteroid system
... values. The haphazard touchdown of Rosetta’s Philae lander demonstrates the challenges inherent in low-gravity operations, but MASCOT... The micro lander and CubeSats will form a network to demonstrate how data can be relayed in space AIM can provide ...
March 2016
The Use of 3D Printing for Space Applications
...launched its own plastic printer prototype as a technology demonstration for long term manned exploration missions. As on ...human cells, organs, blood, skin, bones currently being demonstrated on ground may offer the possibility of hastening the ...
August 2017
On-orbit assembly will deliver major benefits in coming decade
..., a ‘client’ and a ‘servicer’. Planned to launch in 2018, the servicer will chase and rendezvous with the client, demonstrate refuelling and module exchange, and then safely de-orbit the client. DARPA is developing robotic servicing vehicles...
January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
... most promising of which are laser-based systems. A spin-off from Harvard called Analytical Space is focused on demonstrating this capability from LEO. The technology, however, could be used to build a laser-based deep space communications...
