October 2020
Superconductors - key to unlocking high power space missions
...100 hours of operation and thrust efficiencies of 62 percent - comparable with currently flying propulsion systems. SX3 has demonstrated several breakthrough features, such as the use of hollow cathodes, high voltage and low current operational modes...
March 2021
Eyes on the prize
... Debris Prize would reward the creation and demonstration of technologies that remove space junk and failed... Space Manufacturing Prize would reward an innovative company that demonstrates the manufacture of a product in the microgravity environment of...
May 2021
Taking quantum into space
... networks around the world. Quantum repeaters remain a potential solution, but in practise, they have never been demonstrated. However, recently scientists have figured out that space could be used as an enabler to augment and expand existing...
July 2021
Collaboration and competition in lunar exploration
... and Axiom Space seek to develop and operate private stations on a commercial basis using the ISS as a technology demonstration platform. Targeting the Moon Space exploration is not only attracting the interest of an increasing number of governments...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
... to remain open for emerging category leaders that have demonstrated solid commercial traction and growth. We saw evidence ...its end of life. The company launched its first technology demonstration flight on 2 May 2022 with RocketLab. AuroraSat-1 was ...
May 2022
Design architecture for 3D printing a lunar habitat
... are clustered under landscape architecture and technical and operations. The Redwire Regolith Print study aims to demonstrate manufacturing on board the International Space Station (ISS) using a process similar to fused deposition; the study will...
