14 February 2019
NASA says a final goodbye to Opportunity
... time it reached its most appropriate final resting spot on Mars – Perseverance Valley. "For more than a decade, Opportunity has been an icon in the field of planetary exploration, teaching us about Mars' ancient past as a wet, potentially habitable...
November 2017
Roving the red planet
...of silica-rich magmas is significant and has yet to be fully understood. A common geologic feature on Mars, observed by both Opportunity and Curiosity, are veins composed of calcium sulphate. Better known by mineral names such as gypsum and anhydrite...
August 2020
Opportunities for young people in the space sector
... countries, allowing them to work and socialise with each other as part of an international community. There is now an abundance of opportunities for students of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities to engage with the space sector and learn valuable...
January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
... more typical investors such as Angels and Venture Capitalists (VCs), limiting the capital available for such opportunities. Since in theory all of humanity would benefit from an in-space resource mining capability, a look to history could perhaps...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
... the market, with smaller payloads mainly being carried as secondary or sub-payloads, using rideshare and piggyback opportunities on larger launch vehicles. Recently, however, with the arrival of Rocket Lab, soon to be joined by other smallsat launch...
February 2020
Opportunity knocks for UK space industry
... they work. Proteins crystallized in microgravity are often higher in quality than those grown on Earth and present opportunities for the development of new drugs to treat disease. How should regulation of the space and satellite industry...
