March 2016
Space Oddities: The Problem with Imagination
...) is not a household name by anyone’s standard, yet she automated real-time tracking systems for Ranger and Mariner space missions! Of course, 1952 also saw the start of the ‘Miss Guided Missile’ beauty pageant which...
August 2016
Fireflies and saucers
During his first orbital flight on the Mercury-6 spacecraft, astronaut John Glenn noticed a strange phenomenon. The spacecraft was in orbit and, when the Sun came up, he reported with great excitement that he was surrounded by thousands of small ...
August 2016
Space stations - drivers of cooperation
... while China’s splashed back into the ocean and the US made it only after losing quite a few Mariner Mars missions. On similar lines, ESA has established competencies in specific areas of planetary exploration, as has the Japanese...
May 2019
Growing Australia’s space industry
... from space technology and services. These benefits include helping farmers monitor the health of their crops, marine pilots guide cruise liners and emergency workers track the progress of bushfires. Internationally the space industry...
September 2019
Space cybersecurity - why we mustn’t forget the basics
... Research Projects Agency (DARPA). He has been distinguished through his service in the US Government both as a US Marine, in civil service and as a contractor serving government cyber units. A thought leader in defensive cyber warfare, he has...
July 2020
Trailblazing STEM education
... & Space Center. Our sister community informal learning centres, such as the Virginia Zoo, Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center, and Norfolk Botanical Garden have become key partners in this endeavour. Although one might...
