29 April 2020
NASA's new solar sail system to be tested on-board NanoAvionics' satellite
... an in-orbit demonstration of NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3). This a result of a contract between NASA Ames Research Center and AST for a 12U bus to carry NASA's payload into low Earth orbit (LEO) including...
July 2014
A revitalised space sector reduces costs and makes space data more accessible
...often relied on to take the risk out of technology development. An example of this is the European Space Agency’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems programme (ESA ARTES). And there is also the time challenge: how to speed up the typical...
December 2014
India joins the major league with the Mars Orbiter Mission
... complex at Bengaluru’s high-security Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Telemetry, Tracking and Command ... MAVEN missions. This will be mainly in the area of atmospheric research relating to Mars. The launch of PSLV-C25 from Satish Dhawan...
April 2021
Satellites in the cloud: data from orbit
... more a strategic imperative, with business agility and IT flexibility being key drivers. NSR (Northern Sky Research), a global market research and consulting firm focused on the satellite and space sectors, forecasts upwards of 52 Exabytes of cloud...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
... given the greater simplicity and lower cost of its approach. Artistic representation of China’s proposed International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), a planned lunar base currently being led by Roscosmos and the China National Space Administration...
13 February 2017
European science organisations express concern over Trump
...number of major European organisations in the area of science, research and innovation including those in higher education and social services... European Council and Commissioner Carlos Moedas for Research and Innovation asks that the principles and ...
