January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
...from geostationary orbit, it is most efficiently received at low latitudes, where much of the Earth’s population growth is occurring. Japan is studying this technology intensively due to its resource challenges. The most highly developed designs have...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
... such as NASA’s centennial challenges or the upcoming Global Space Elevator and Mechatronics Challenge, led by the Japan Space Elevator Association (JSEA). Space infrastructure will be increasingly important as it demands the performance of a heavy...
April 2019
Protecting our lunar legacy
... teams were Team Indus, from India, having both a lander and a rover, and Team Hakuto, from Japan, with a rover being carried as a passenger on the Team Indus lander. In October 2017, the Mission Plan Reviews...
April 2019
On-board propulsion set to drive the smallsat revolution
..., the thruster may no longer be able to function correctly. This was a problem encountered on the Hayabusa spacecraft of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on its return voyage from a near-Earth asteroid in 2007-2010. ThrustMe’s second...
