October 2024
Lunar construction with regolith and robots
... after the German university, TU Braunschweig, at which they were developed. TUBS-M basalt is an alkali-olivine basalt found in Germany: it is fine-grained and dense and lacks degassing vesicles (see Figure 3). Other interstitial minerals include...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... responsible use of space. The Combined Space Operations Initiative (CSpO) with members such as Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, The UK and USA, also aims to improve the cooperation and coordination...
15 November 2014
Pioneering Philae completes main mission before hibernation
... at the DLR German Aerospace Agency, who monitored Philae’s progress from ESA’s Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, this week. “Despite the unplanned series of three touchdowns, all of our instruments could be operated and now...
02 December 2014
Orion service module contract for Airbus
... for NASA’s four crew Orion MPCV deep-space capsule. The module is to be constructed at an Airbus facility in Bremen, Germany. Based on the successful Automated Transfer Vehicle cargo spacecraft that has been resupplying the International Space...
