December 2021
The rise of the UK space economy
... of Leicester and Director of Strategic Partnerships for Space Park Leicester. He has more than 40 years’ experience in space science research and innovation, has worked on projects including the Hubble Space Telescope and the ESA Gaia mission, and...
March 2015
On-orbit satellite servicing, insurance and lessons of Palapa B2 and Westar 6
...in the satellite being intentionally de-orbited. NASA has serviced the Hubble Space Telescope five times during the space telescope’s 25-year lifetime The salvage clauses in most space insurance policies do not predict a scenario in which a servicing...
26 February 2018
Spaceman: an astronaut’s unlikely journey to unlock the secrets of the universe
.... His ‘day job’ as a NASA astronaut lasted from 1996 to 2014 and he flew on two Shuttle missions to the Hubble Space Telescope (as reflected in the book’s subtitle). This is the latest of several books by former astronauts to bring...
29 July 2020
NASA announces astronauts to fly on SpaceX Crew-2 mission to ISS
...her home state. After being selected as an astronaut in 2000, she launched on space shuttle Atlantis as a mission specialist on STS-125, the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, in 2009. McArthur operated the shuttle’s robotic arm over the...
February 2016
Is Jupiter Really Our Protective Shield?
... System. This allowed Earth’s biosphere to thrive-creating a less hostile environment by lowering the terrestrial impact rate. Hubble Space Telescope image of the blemish on the surface of Jupiter from the impact in 2009 Some have even claimed that...
February 2022
Revolution and responsibility: the challenges of space
... ourselves at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Surrounded by stars - this starfield, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys, contains the globular cluster ESO 520-21 (also...
