October 2015
How to 3D-print a habitat on Mars
... + Partners As a concept, the LavaHive approach is a great example of how ISRU and 3D printing can be combined to enable exploration missions on the Martian surface. Many of the concepts, like the sintering of regolith, are already being proposed for...
September 2025
AI cybersecurity - challenges in space
..., the exponential growth in data generated by Earth observation, space situational awareness (SSA) and deep space exploration missions necessitates AI for large-scale data analysis. AI techniques are vital for tasks such as automated object detection...
15 November 2019
First public test of Mars lander for China ahead of 2020 launch
...exception of those launched by NASA. The event at Huailai marked the first public appearance of China's Mars exploration mission, and was attended by a number of officials including Wu Yanhua, vice administrator of China National Space Administration...
11 March 2020
NASA faces up to huge cost overruns for its SLS heavy-lift rocket
... parts” of the first SLS rocket’s core stage, according to the report. Now the rocket’s first mission, previously known as Exploration Mission 1 and now Artemis 1, will probably slip to March 2021, if not later, representing more than a three...
11 June 2021
China unveils new Mars images, and prepares to launch first astronauts to space station
... Zhang Rongqiao, chief designer of China's first Mars exploration mission unveiled four new images of Mars that include the ...the Red Planet for 28 Martian days to carry out scientific exploration. Meanwhile, earlier in the week, a Long March 2F rocket...
31 December 2021
Space missions to watch out for in 2022
... of the Moon. Slated to launch sometime around August 2022, South Korea will begin their first Moon exploration mission with the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO). Built in collaboration with NASA, the KPLO is designed to study...
