January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
... much further out, so perhaps Ceres is a Kuiper belt object. Two missions currently under development will also address small body migration concepts. JAXA’s Martian Moons Exploration mission (MMX) will go to the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos...
August 2021
AI in space – a legal perspective
... and space segments and between space assets, and effectively enhance communications networks for deep space exploration missions. Space imagery processing that once took humans hours, days or weeks to review and analyse can be automated...
January 2023
China’s space ambitions fuel defence spending and global innovation
...surpassed the US as the country with the most annual launches - in 2021 alone it launched 55 missions. Furthermore, China is conducting historic space exploration missions and is racing the US to land humans on the Moon and ultimately to build a base...
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...
28 November 2015
NASA Set to Improve Orion's Heat Shield
...gathered by Orion on its Exploration Flight Test -1. The heat shield will be used for Orion's Exploration Mission (EM) -1, planned to take...on reentry into Earth's atmosphere. During Orion's Exploration Flight Test (EFT)-1, the heat shield experienced ...
23 February 2018
UK to host world’s first commercial deep-space communications station
...own stations, and provide deep-space tracking for the Agency’s missions,” added Bargellini. “Upgrading Goonhilly and building up a commercial capability to support future exploration missions is good for ESA and good for European science and industry...
