02 November 2020
ISS marks 20 years of humans on board
... still in very good shape," López-Alegría said. "The ISS is the most audacious and complex construction project ever undertaken in space...years. NASA has had hundreds of people supporting the ISS program at different times, said Robyn Gatens, the ...
January 2017
Prospects for progress on space security diplomacy
At the same time there is no question that the use of space is growing exponentially with some 1400 satellites currently active and over 60 states or consortium owning space assets. Every country on the globe is benefiting from space-enabled ...
19 January 2018
Chinese study proposes using lasers to clear out space debris
A new study, conducted by researchers from the Information and Navigation College at China's Air Force Engineering University, with the help of the Institute of China Electronic Equipment System Engineering Company, suggests that lasers could be ...
12 June 2017
US spy satellite buzzes ISS
... returns to the vicinity of the International Space Station (ISS). After its launch into orbit from Cape Canaveral by SpaceX...of a high profile object like the ISS is politically risky too. “As the ISS is an international cooperation which includes two...
01 August 2018
What now for the ISS as new audit report questions commercial interest
...to do this by extending the operation and utilisation of the ISS until 2030. However, how this will be achieved financially is...higher levels of risk for future missions,” says the report. The ISS is not purely a US endeavour however, as it shares the ...
27 November 2020
Russia's Energia says ISS is close to ruin, nation should build its own space station instead
... should focus on completing its own orbital station instead, says Flight Director of the Russian Segment of the ISS, Vladimir Alekseevich Soloviev. “Until 2025, Russia has obligations to participate in the International Space Station program. There...
