November 2019
PROSPECTing for lunar polar volatiles
... 1976. Today, as part of a small international armada of spacecraft being readied for exploring our celestial companion, Russia is making significant efforts towards implementation of a new lunar exploration programme in the form of multiple missions...
November 2019
UAE meteor and debris monitoring network
... of meteorites have left significant impacts in different parts of the world, such as the Chelyabinsk and Tunguska craters in Russia. Consequently, a need for monitoring the sky has arisen. UAEMMN Monitoring the sky for meteors or fireballs...
September 2020
High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions
... has succeeded so far primarily by pursuing a policy of joint technological development with other nations including China, India, Russia and Ukraine. Now, following the ratification of a technology safeguards agreement (TSA) with the USA, Brazil...
September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
... (then a fully-functional satellite owned by the US) was accidently struck by Cosmos-2251 (a defunct satellite owned by Russia) at a relative velocity of about 11.7 km/s, producing an impact energy equivalent to several tons of TNT. As a result, both...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
... its partners are not likely to be the only ones in the neighbourhood, as other countries, such as China and Russia, are also planning lunar exploration programmes. A view of the full Gateway configuration with an approaching Orion spacecraft...
October 2021
Congested, contested... under-regulated and unplanned
... nations could challenge US supremacy in space. It is true that the military threats to space have indeed increased as India, Russia, and China have all tested ASAT systems over this period. However, since 2010 it has become...
