July 2018
The rise of interplanetary CubeSats
... trajectory to Mars. Science and exploration missions are possible with flybys, as in the recent Deep Horizons flyby of Pluto. However, in the inner solar system much has already been discovered due to long-duration orbiting missions...
August 2018
Flying to the stars
... keep the laser beam focused over distances of dozens to hundreds of astronomical units, way beyond the orbit of Pluto into interstellar space. Concept for an interstellar probe for transporting an artificial intelligence payload or ‘uploaded’ humans...
November 2018
BepiColombo – a mission to explore Mercury
... the Sun’s enormous gravity, makes such a mission technically very challenging. In fact, it would be easier to send a spacecraft to Pluto than to Mercury. BepiColombo’s route to Mercury. On its way to Mercury the spacecraft will perform several fly...
August 2019
Reinventing the space museum
... more familiar, captivating images from Hubble Space Telescope, along with aerial shots of Mars, Saturn and Pluto. More interactive artefacts may include life-sized replicas of SpaceX or Virgin Galactic’s prototypes for commercial human...
September 2019
A new era in planetary defence missions
.... DRACO is a modification of the same imager that was used on the New Horizons mission to obtain stunning images of Pluto. DRACO images will be used to determine the shape of Didymos B as well as high-resolution views of the asteroid’s surface...
April 2020
Plasma Clipper - opening the age of sail, in space travel
...’re close to the Sun, where the wind is strong, you make a smaller radius field; if you are out by Pluto where the wind is weak, you make a much larger radius field, but the thrust for a given...
