22 June 2020
Virgin Galactic announces an agreement with NASA for private orbital spaceflight to the ISS
... the signing of a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Johnson Space Center to encourage commercial participation in orbital human spaceflight to the International Space Station (“ISS”) while enabling the development of a robust economy in Low Earth Orbit...
January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
...changing spaceflight capability, enabling mission profiles that are currently impossible to become possible. Conceived and designed for exploration of deep space, the primary purpose of SLS is to enable NASA’s journey to Mars and propel humans beyond...
May 2017
Growing plants without gravity
... these space experiments provided the necessary information to allow astronauts to control moisture for the first time in human spaceflight history. If at first you don’t succeed… During lengthy flights an experiment where something is grown can find...
February 2018
Journey of inspiration
...photography and music have always been a part of human spaceflight. Other art forms occurred more rarely during the early...He is a hugely talented painter and his artwork presents his spaceflight experience like a beautiful gift he wants to share. If ...
September 2025
Iran’s ascent - a space power in the shadow of sanctions
... US sanctions’, Financial Post, 18 April 2025). Rasad satellite ready for launch. International context Although Iranian human spaceflight is the stuff of rumour, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev reportedly made the first offer to fly an Iranian...
May 2017
Could Brexit blow a hole in UK’s space ambitions?
... space science and technology that has been possible as a member of ESA, including human spaceflight. The British government published a draft Spaceflight Bill in February. As an advocate for space research, exploration and development, I have always...
