November 2021
Space launch emergency response
... the health, safety and property of other persons to ‘as low as reasonably practicable’ (ALARP). Thus, being able to demonstrate that operations are conducted at an ALARP level acceptable to the regulator is crucial to obtaining a launch site licence...
17 February 2017
Researchers suggest a new natural law can explain the rotation of galaxies
... include 25 ellipticals and lenticulars, and 62 dwarf spheroidals, to measure the correlation with greater precision. "This demonstrates that we truly have a universal law for galactic systems," said Federico Lelli, formerly an astronomy postdoctoral...
05 June 2019
A first for China as it demonstrates new sea-launch capabilities
A Long March 11 rocket blasting off from a mobile launch platform in the Yellow Sea signified a new chapter in China’s space industry, as the nation becomes the first to fully own and operate a floating sea launch platform. The rocket, which is 20.8...
15 November 2019
First public test of Mars lander for China ahead of 2020 launch
... manoeuvres, in preparation for the country’s first interplanetary mission which it aims to launch next year. The demonstration took place in Huailai, Hebei Province, Asia's largest extraterrestrial celestial landing test site, which allows engineers...
26 April 2021
Ingenuity makes its third flight on Mars
...the project’s program executive for Ingenuity Mars Helicopter at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “With this flight, we are demonstrating critical capabilities that will enable the addition of an aerial dimension to future Mars missions.” The Mastcam...
September 2016
Preparing the future: the right technology at the right time
... effort from the manufacturing phase to design The basic model comes from ESA’s Proba family of technology-demonstration mini-satellites, the first of which launched in 2001. The Proba NEXT mission is currently in development, a follow-up to the...
