November 2021
Megasatellite habitat at Ceres
... resemble the best parts of Earth. Once upon a time, living in settlements beyond Earth’s orbit would have sat firmly in the realm of science fiction, but not any longer. It is possible that construction of a megasatellite world could...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
... traffic. Space companies active in climate monitoring include Planet, Spire, ICEYE, Satellogic, Tomorrow.io, Lunasonde, Kayrros, GHG Sat, Scepter Air, Pixxel, SatelliteVu, Cervest, Sust Global and RS Metrics. Chinese astronaut Tang Hongbo of the...
January 2023
Space sustainability imperative
... so many people who just don’t understand that ‘SatNav’ is satellite navigation; they don’t get that the “Sat” means it’s coming from space! We rely on so many satellite services every day and all of the services we rely...
19 November 2015
Einstein's theory to be tested by Galileo satellites
... most precise calculations. They will also enable researchers to test several alternative theories of gravitation. ESA's senior sat nav? Advisor Javier Ventura-Traveset explained that “while the Gravity Probe A experiment involved a single orbit...
05 July 2016
Success for JUNO!
... solar system is a really good thing. There is a lot to see and do here.” If you were not fortunate enough to be sat at mission control when JUNO arrived at Jupiter or if you’d like an up, close and personal look at the spacecraft as it orbits...
30 January 2017
Orion engineers test for vibrations and SLS completes a major review
... vibrations may impact an astronaut’s ability to view the spacecrafts displays and controls during a launch. Test subjects sat in the latest design of the seat atop the crew impact attenuation system and wore modified advanced...
