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 ...
June 2017
Spaceplane rationale - a new way of thinking
... touches down after flying freely for the first time after being released from Virgin Mothership Eve (VMS Eve) on 3 December 2016 in the Mojave Desert. The amount of fuel needed for a flight to orbit using a single...
24 May 2021
Virgin Galactic makes first flight to space from New Mexico
... humans into space. VSS Unity achieved a speed of Mach 3 after being released from the mothership, VMS Eve, and reached space, at an altitude of 88 kilometres (55 miles) before gliding smoothly to a runway landing at Spaceport America. On VSS Unity...
March 2015
Small is the new big: why micro-satellites require new laws
... that every Nano/Micro-Satellite be equipped with a tracking device, such as the retro-reflector proposed by Dr. Stuart Eves during the last Re-Inventing Space Conference in London. This would make them trackable from the ground...
November 2018
Creating the ‘Space for Art Foundation’
... Earthrise image the astronauts took of our home planet rising above the horizon of the Moon on Christmas Eve 1968. This art project is designed to celebrate the unifying message of the Earthrise image – in this one image...
January 2019
Space for Art – Love letter to Earth
... perspective of our planet in space, and even shared passages from Genesis from lunar orbit on the Christmas Eve. These experiences were profoundly appreciated across the globe. The image reminds us of the absolute need for...
