02 February 2018
Joe Pelton honoured for contribution to space safety
... in space to defend Earth," he affirmed. Joe is Director Emeritus at the Space and Advanced Communications Research Institute (SACRI) at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and former Dean of the International Space University...
16 July 2019
Fuel leak halts India's Moon mission
.... Having halted the countdown 56 minutes and 24 seconds before the scheduled launch of Chandrayaan-2, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) gave no explanation for what it called a "technical snag" in the rocket nor a date for a new...
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...
20 September 2021
SpaceX all-civilian crew completes historic orbital mission
.... He chose Memphis-based St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as the benefactor for a fundraising effort tied...they waited for recovery at sea, after days of medical research in microgravity and multiple calls to Earth, including conversations with...
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...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
..., due to cost and schedule limitations. Happiness and delight are currently not part of the Human Research Program’s (HRP) research elements. HRP’s main focus is on behavioural health and performance, with only notional acknowledgment towards self...
