08 February 2019
Mars MarCO CubeSats go quiet
... a class of mini-spacecraft called CubeSats. The MarCOs - nicknamed EVE and WALL-E, after characters from a Pixar film - served as ...-E sent back stunning images of Mars as well, while EVE performed some simple radio science. All of this was achieved...
October 2017
Saving geostationary orbit
... to ask for help in characterising the rotation rates of the most problematic objects. About the author Dr Stuart Eves has been working in the space industry since 2004, after 16 years with the UK Ministry of Defence. He has...
February 2020
Preserving our space heritage
...has been starting to take on a life of its own. Dr Stuart Eves suggests that the idea may no longer be completely out of this world... crowd-funding approach. About the author Dr Stuart Eves recently founded his own space consultancy company (SJE ...
October 2021
Congested, contested... under-regulated and unplanned
...also an issue of regulation and planning which, as Stuart Eves explains, includes the esoteric topic of frequency coordination. For the...and we need it NOW! About the author Dr Stuart Eves runs a space consultancy company (SJE Space), having previously...
April 2024
Rotation in the Universe
... really needs an explanation. Few cosmology textbooks seem to address the topic in much detail, so, in this article, Stuart Eves considers whether rotation might be the answer to some of the conundrums afflicting modern cosmology. Let’s start with...
August 2016
The promise of space tourism
On Christmas Eve 1968, a turbulent world looked to the heavens for a unique view of our home planet. Apollo 8 astronauts Frank ...
