October 2015
Finding Earth-like worlds: the tale of how Kepler-452b was discovered
... at a time when this mission was only a proposal concept. We spent the first six years or so simply doing lab-based demos to prove that we could actually achieve the photometric precision necessary with our instruments and...
July 2016
Plasma Crystals - from space research to medicine on Earth and back to space again
...different plasma properties to apply in medical therapy, an interesting new approach is currently being developed in many research labs worldwide. From Earth back to space There is another important property of cold atmospheric plasma - it is a fully...
August 2016
Big or small - aerospace innovates through constraints
..., in software or hardware, no longer needs to take place in the aerospace world to end up in space. It can be in an office in Washington DC, an electronics lab in South Korea, or startup in Silicon Valley.
August 2016
Commercial space development spurs trend for public-private collaboration
... is cost-effective and designed for a small number of missions. In one sense the likes of Skybox, and Planet Labs and Planetary Resources are commoditising satellites. These new satellites are deployed in greater numbers and the...
September 2016
Paediatric cancer patients aim for the stars with space inspired art project
... you will ever meet. He didn’t just email me some measurements, he invited me to NASA to tour the space suit labs and introduced me to Dave Graziosi, an engineer from ILC Dover, the company who has been making space...
September 2016
Small launcher market survey
... cost of launch to make space accessible to more people. One space investor succinctly stated, “It only takes 15 students in a lab to make a satellite but so much more effort to launch that satellite. The LV side must become quicker, cheaper...
