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...
27 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...
28 September 2018
CubeRover to develop low-cost, revolutionary rover in Luxembourg
... Economy. Rather than conducting scientific research and launching spacecraft missions like other prominent agencies however, the LSA will concentrate ... can be customised for specific science and exploration missions but if you want to build your own...
10 March 2021
Russia and China agree to build joint international lunar base
... further their space ambitions, including cooperative work on the implementation of the CNSA’s "Chang'e 7" lunar polar exploration mission and Roscosmos’ Luna-26 orbiter spacecraft. The two space agencies also committed to previously announced plans...
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...
