July 2014
In thrall to a star: understanding the Sun will help us understand our own climate and environment
... on sophisticated technology, the impact of this interaction is now more important than ever. The Sun is a variable star exhibiting transient and cyclical behaviour on a wide variety of timescales: seconds and minutes in solar flares; hours and days...
March 2015
Chasing comets together: the Vega project in the USSR and beyond
... into the desert for testing. At the request of Louis Friedman, executive director of The Planetary Society, we held an exhibition performance for Goldin. We created various obstacles for the Mars rover and set it free in the model...
June 2015
The Aeromobil 3.0 flying car spreads its wings
... of the core product. The AeroMobil 2.5 pre-prototype was first presented at SAE 2013 AeroTech Congress & Exhibition in Montreal, Canada. AeroMobil 3.0 in flight. AeroMobil 3.0, an advanced prototype of the flying roadster, was unveiled last year...
October 2015
Taking AIM with ESA: proposing the first visit to a binary asteroid system
... did their chaotic features arise, studded with craters, variously heaped with pebbles or dust while often exhibiting dynamic behaviour such as avalanches, landslides and seismic events? Each new close encounter with a different asteroid...
February 2016
How to Build Planets
... to have five planets, the innermost of which is 55 Cancri e, a super-Earth type planet which appears to exhibit extreme variations in brightness temperature, attributed by some to be characteristic of volcanic activity. 55 Cancri differs from our...
February 2016
Innovations in human astronautics
... of the return capsule for the new generation Russian crewed space vehicle, on display at the MAKS-2015 exhibition Construction of a super-heavy launch vehicle is planned for the future - a vehicle that would be able to deliver a manned...
