February 2020
Visions of spaceflight before the Space Age
...men are widely recognised as the fathers of rocketry for spaceflight – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (Russia), Hermann Oberth (Romania/Germany), and Robert Goddard (USA). Tsiolkovsky published several small books on space travel and cosmology (the expansion...
October 2020
Superconductors - key to unlocking high power space missions
... cables for power transmission have already been deployed for terrestrial power transmission lines, most notably in Germany, in Essen and Munich, while superconducting transformers and converters have also been demonstrated in several projects around...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
.... It is well known, however, that the backyard rocketeers of the 1940s, like Frank Malina (US), Wernher von Braun (Germany) and Sergei Korolev (Russia) eventually received funding from the military to turn their experiments to reality, compromising...
13 March 2015
New rockets on the scene: ESA approves Ariane 6, Vega-C
...demands, especially lower prices spurred by competition from SpaceX. Germany preferred an evolution of Ariane 5 (Ariane 5 ME) while... medium payloads. Just prior to the ministerial meeting, Germany agreed to support the Ariane 6 proposal. Meanwhile, ...
June 2015
Ultimate sunbather: NASA and ESA collaborate on Solar Orbiter
...model in the clean room at the test facility in Germany. Careful thruster placement and operating modes in orbit are... test model is currently undergoing testing at a facility in Germany to ensure that all mechanical and thermal design challenges have ...
October 2015
Growing space businesses in the UK: from incubation centres to public funding
...types of space system. The UK has joined The Netherlands, Germany and Italy in hosting Incubation Centres on its shores Many of... of support centres. The UK has joined The Netherlands, Germany and Italy in hosting Incubation Centres on its shores7. The...
