14 February 2020
Astrocale and JAXA team up for the agency's first debris removal project
... removal missions of a large object, the first of which has been awarded to Astroscale. This first phase will be demonstrated by the end of the Japan Fiscal Year 2022 and will focus on data acquisition on an upper stage Japanese...
04 September 2020
Rocket Lab secretly launches its first own designed and built satellite
... a command to transition the Kick Stage into Photon satellite mode. This action marked the first on-orbit demonstration of Rocket Lab’s Photon satellite as a two-in-one spacecraft, first using it to complete its conventional launch vehicle function...
September 2017
Engaging the private sector in space exploration
... in response to the first call for commercial partnerships, and nearly 10 have been selected to enter a pilot phase to demonstrate their programmatic and technical feasibility and to consolidate the business plan and partnership model. The primary...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
...prestige and provided a political vehicle to openly demonstrate technological superiority over the Soviet Union. Space...responses to promote relaxation. Such boundary objects will have demonstrably positive benefits for the crew, from basic needs (...
January 2022
De Ayrshire ad Astra
... renamed Stargazer, using a selection of runways around the world as the starting point for space launch. Pegasus demonstrated the unique selling points of horizontal launch, in particular the ability to fly a carrier aircraft to the host spaceport...
18 December 2017
Prometheus to power future European launchers
In a deal worth €75 million, ESA and ArianeGroup signed a contract last week to develop a full-scale demonstrator of its new ultra-low cost reusable rocket engine known as Prometheus; an engine that is set to power Europe’s ...
