January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
... science, applications and engineering on some of Europe’s iconic space missions such as Giotto, Hubble, Envisat, Beagle 2, Lisa Pathfinder and ExoMars. In 2014 he took up a new role at the UK Space Agency as Head of International Space Policy where...
02 August 2017
First iodine fuelled thrusters pass critical design tests
..., ammonia micro-resistojet, RF ion thruster, green monopropellant thruster and electrospray thrusters that were used on the LISA Pathfinder mission. Currently in the spotlight is the ‘BIT-3’ – the world’s first iodine gridded ion thruster that...