January 2019
Materials make the space mission
... environmental parameters it will face. A low-orbiting Earth observation mission faces very different constraints from a geostationary telecommunications satellite, or an exploration mission out to deep space - or still more a planetary lander...
15 March 2021
Edinburgh Women in Space Conference 2021
... into the space sector from an archaeology background, as well as sharing insights into future UK space exploration missions. Scottish innovation will feature heavily throughout the conference, with speakers such as Dr. Hina Khan, PamAnderson...
March 2017
Space is open for business
... ESA-wide strategic plans for space exploration and enlarging the stakeholder community engaged in the space exploration endeavour. He is involved in the definition of future space exploration missions and ESA roles, the development of strategic...
April 2021
On Mars as it is on Earth - preparing for settlement
... on Mars would clearly be of immense value Firstly, we have a pretty good idea by now what an initial astronaut exploration mission to Mars would look like. Our view is informed, among others, by the high-fidelity simulations conducted in remote...
30 June 2016
Orbital ATK and NASA Successfully Complete Second Qualification Test
...used on the maiden flight of the SLS on Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1), scheduled for the second half of 2018... like to me.” NASA’s Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations Directorate Bill Gerstenmaier had quite emotionally commented...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
...improves health, security, clean energy, technology and our overall quality of life. In the future, NASA human exploration missions must remain independent of the start-stop cycle of the US, or any government’s, shifting political allegiances. In the...
