January 2019
Is the NewSpace bubble about to burst?
... in August 1999, well before the bursting of the wider tech bubble. The OneWeb factory under construction in Florida. It now appears that there are several multi-billion dollar NewSpace satellite projects that could suffer...
January 2019
Materials make the space mission
... are required to function Arrival at the launch site means exposure to humidity - especially in French Guiana and Florida - and presence of chemical substances such as cleaning agents and solvents, propellant and oxidisers or hydraulic fluids, known...
April 2019
Building the UK’s first spaceport
... to support horizontal launch systems. The former Space Shuttle runway at Kennedy Space Center, now part of Spaceport Florida. A future UK version is not on this scale. Co-location options The UK has decided upon locations for horizontal and...
April 2019
Space launch industry analysis
... US Air Force’s first Global Positioning System III space vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Winners and losers SpaceX stole the headlines in February 2018 when it launched Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
... Space Exploration Analog and Simulation); the underwater analogue NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) in Florida; two generations of mobile habitats, called Space and Exploration Vehicles (SEV). Furthermore, a NASA-funded academic...
July 2019
Science and sensation in microgravity
... flights to the general public in 2004. They use the Boeing 727 from several airports, and Orlando in Florida in particular. In Russia, Roscosmos still has three specialised IL-76MDK aircraft and the VEGITEL company offers services...
