October 2023
The multidisciplinary world of space habitation design
... EDEN ISS Mobile Test Facility (MTF), for the Moon and operated it in Antarctica at the German Neumeyer-III Research Station for several years. The MTF is returning to Germany this year to be refurbished and added to ESA...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... states in Article IX that parties should “avoid harmful contamination of space and celestial bodies;” while articles I, II, and III talk about the fair and inclusive international use of space. Articles VII and VIII protect ownership...
12 January 2018
Evidence in DES map of small galaxies being eaten by the Milky Way
... (Fermilab), a member of the DES team. Four of the streams found by DES – ATLAS, Molonglo, Phoenix and Tucana III – were already previously known to researchers. The others were discovered using the Dark Energy Camera, the...
18 May 2020
India opens its space industry to private firms and start-ups
India is opening up its space agency facilities to allow private firms and startups to build satellites and rockets announced Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday. “Indian private sector will be a co-traveller in India’s space journey”, ...
15 January 2021
Orion now ready for its Moon mission later this year
... to use Orion to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon during its Artemis III mission. Whether a launch date originally slated for 2024 will still be attainable remains to be seen. Before then...
28 May 2021
US GAO report casts doubt on 2024 lunar landing
... that an ambitious timescale and technical risks are issues likely to push back the date of the Artemis III mission. “NASA has made some progress. But a fast-tracked schedule to meet this ambitious date—along...
