... leads through cis-lunar space, the proving ground for increasingly ambitious missions, in a logical progression that demonstrates capabilities in near Earth space before departure on missions of 1000 days and more. The expedition begins with...
.... Computer-generated image of Reaction Engines’ facility at Westcott, Buckinghamshire, where it plans to undertake the first ground-based demonstration of its SABRE air-breathing rocket engine in 2020. About the author Mark Thomas has been Chief...
...Projects team, led by Liberty’s Dr Kyle Landry, which quickly identified that ADBM, like many of its group, demonstrates both the qualities of antibiotics (Penicillium is a cousin) and characteristics seen in other members of the group, some of which...
... the reaction wheels and batteries, a concern that can realistically only be dispelled through long term demonstrations in deep space. A credible alternative is mother-daughter architectures, where CubeSats are tactically deployed on large flagship...
... a platform from a different partner, integrated with ICEYE’s SAR instrument. This three-faceted approach was chosen to demonstrate different development and manufacturing processes and to test different platform systems before moving into full-scale...
... the microlensing planet detection method works. It makes use of the gravitational deflection of light that was first demonstrated by Sir Arthur Eddington in the famous 1919 solar eclipse expedition that provided the first observational confirmation...