February 2019
A universal spaceship design concept
... and he has been developing his skills through research on the subject ever since. He lives near Munich, Germany, in an area characterised by a research and industrial environment that has always inspired and supported him. Acknowledgement This...
April 2019
LISA Pathfinder – paving the way for future studies of the gravitational universe
... LISA Pathfinder. He joined ESA in 1991 working first at ESTEC in the Netherlands and then (from 1993) at ESOC in Germany. Since 2008 he has been responsible for the ground segment and mission operations of ESA’s astronomy and...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
.... Delegates at a threeday international Near-Earth Object (NEO) and Debris Detection Conference held at ESA’s ESOC centre in Germany this January. Business case Technavio estimates that the market revenue for debris monitoring and removal...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
... International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Session 5.3—Contemporary Arts Practice and Outer Space: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach, Bremen, Germany, 1–5 October 2018.
June 2019
Asgardia’s parliament – a year of progress
... Zhao (Supreme Justice) and Lembit Öpik viewing a Space Station module mock-up at the European Astronaut Centre in Germany. The stairway to the heavens will take time to build. But the first steps are in place now...
September 2019
A new era in planetary defence missions
... data. Now its sister camera on Hera will be surveying the smallest asteroid humankind has ever visited. Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and the DLR German Aerospace Center have donated...
