August 2020
Interstellar aspirations
...star system within a generation. To achieve a transit time comparable to current long-term space exploration missions to the outer solar system, the Starshot mission would need to last a few decades at most. This requires a probe to travel about 1000...
June 2021
China’s ascending commercial space sector
...constellations, and the fourth phase of the China Lunar Exploration Program. Overall, despite the 2020s having begun with... year, and future Chang’e missions, deep space exploration missions and even human lunar missions planned for later in the decade...
November 2021
The philosophy of space missions today
...applications may be less than the expected practical scientific benefits in other types of missions. A second ethical issue associated with scientific exploration missions is the potential health risks to astronauts. This is an issue that arises with...
June 2022
Finnish start-up ReOrbit aims to revolutionise space industry
...satellites are built to meet the boundless demands of future missions. We need to exponentially increase the technological change in..., Suvanam designed electronic systems for Venus exploration missions using a material called silicon carbide. Moving...
September 2023
India signs up to the Artemis Accords
... risk of harmful interference. 6. Release of Scientific Data: commit to open sharing of scientific data arising from space exploration missions. Not mandatory for private-sector operations. 7. Preserving Outer Space Heritage: undertake to ensure new...
September 2023
How microorganisms survive space travel
... Levinskikh M.A., Deshevaya E.A., Sugimoto M., Alekseev V.R., Okuda T., Gusev O.A., Sychev V.N.. Planetary protection challenges in space exploration missions and ways of their resolution with account of the results of Russian exobiology experiments...
