February 2019
Simulating lunar and martian regolith in the laboratory
... missions. This newly established facility includes an analytical laboratory, a sample preparation workshop, and a sample curation room. Its main aim is to produce new regolith simulants, analyse existing simulants and curate a simulant collection...
February 2020
Europe’s role in space standardisation
... between countries, create new markets, cut compliance costs and support the development of a Single European Market. ROOM talks to Britta Schade, Head of the European Space Agency’s Product Assurance & Safety Department at ESTEC, about the...
February 2020
Opportunity knocks for UK space industry
... non-executive roles in companies and organisations including the Royal Air Force. In a wide-ranging interview for ROOM, he talks about the significant opportunities he sees for the UK and international space sector, and explains how...
May 2020
Space astronomy at the limits of technology
...’s Great Observatories - Hubble, Compton, Chandra and Spitzer – which gives him a fairly unique perspective on space science. ROOM’s US editor, Amanda Miller, delves into his engineering background and the key technologies of the Spitzer Space...
September 2020
Space technology transfer - today and tomorrow
In an online article ‘The role of technology transfer post Covid-19’ published on the ROOM website in May 2020, MULTIPLY’s Natasha Allden posed a number of questions, including what if the 71 percent longtail of small ...
October 2020
Connecting the global space community
... of all nations through its diverse events and activities around the world. Here, Prof Ehrenfreund talks to ROOM about her vision for a global space future. As the new President of the International Astronautical Federation you...
