September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
.... The guidelines are relevant to both governmental and non-governmental entities, to all space activities and to all phases of a space mission, including launch, operation and end-of-life disposal. To be clear, these guidelines are minimum standards...
10 October 2015
NASA releases plan for Mars exploration
...moon by means of the Asteroid Redirect Mission. The ultimate phase, “Earth Independent,” will rely on the lessons of the...to Mars and eventually on its surface. NASA said that this phase would, like the ISS itself, be collaborative and multinational, ...
19 May 2016
Astronomers find a group of stars dying too early
... age' period in a stars lifetime that should proceed the main sequence phase. Our Sun, for example, is a main sequence star and in its next phase of evolution it is expected to become a red giant, where the outermost layers will...
11 July 2016
Short gamma-ray burst is from a binary neutron star coalescing into a black hole say researchers
...-ray bursts (GRB) with a duration of 2 seconds and they undergo two different phases; a short prompt phase, followed by a long-lasting high-energy afterglow phase. sGRBs are thought to be associated with the mergers of a black hole and a neutron...
07 September 2018
ANA/JAXA plan to revolutionise space with real-world Avatars
... the idea into science fact as they intend to use real-world Avatars to revolutionise space exploration in a multi-phase program known as “AVATAR X”. In the James Cameron film, the Avatars were copies of the beings they hoped...
16 October 2019
Astroscale takes next step toward launch of world’s first commercial active debris removal mission
... secure long-term orbital sustainability, today announced it has entered the assembly, integration and test (AIT) phase of its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA- d) mission, following completion of rigorous design reviews and...
