February 2017
Growing space agency dilemma
... Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS), the Association of Space Explorers, the B612 Foundation, NASA’s JPL cosmic hazards programmes, ESA’s Earthguard programme, the UN COPUOS Working Group on the Long Term Sustainability of Outer...
October 2018
Looking for life on Enceladus with IceMole
... to deploy a descent module through the mouth of a plume source and then down a plume channel developed by NASA-JPL. This concept overcomes the need for a large power source, but it has its own challenges, one...
August 2019
Reinventing the space museum
... the world – and of being human”. Another favourite example is the ‘Beneath the Surface’ exhibit developed by NASA JPL visual strategist and pioneer, Dan Goods. This installation “consists of a large cloud that hides infrared lights...
November 2019
Space for Art – Reflections on the Moon
... begun work on The Moons Symphony written after 20 months of scientific research. Consulting with experts from NASA/JPL, Harvard, Johns Hopkins and the University of Michigan, Falkenberg had found they were increasingly focused on the...
June 2020
Saving Earth – time for a new cooperative framework
... impacts left by fragments of comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 hitting Jupiter in 1994 are a reminder of the danger faced by Earth (JPL/NASA/STScI) Developing space technologies Despite our vulnerability to hyper object risks, such as over-population, climate...
01 April 2015
Media Spun Up on NASA Cutting-edge Mars Landing Technology
NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project will be flying a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle into near-space from the Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii, in June. Media were on hand at NASA's Jet ...
