July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
October 1971 remains the only time that the United Kingdom has successfully launched a satellite into Earth orbit by means of a launch vehicle developed within the country. In doing so, it became the sixth nation to attain this capability. Unlike ...
October 2021
Russia and China – a new space axis
... Guangfu participated in the European CAVES underground simulation training in the caves of Sardinia in 2016, while Europe’s Samantha Cristoforetti and Mathias Maurer trained in its sea base in Yantai in 2017. More by accident than design, Russia and...
January 2023
Evolving human space culture – reflections on humanity’s cultural potential in space
... Russia, Italy and Japan. A symbolic key, representing the traditional change of command ceremony, that ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (second row) earlier handed over to cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev (front row), floats in the centre of the frame...
13 March 2015
Russian space agency endorses ISS until 2024
Russia plans to stay part of the International Space Station partnership until 2024, then undock its modules to create a standalone base in orbit, the Russian space agency announced Tuesday. A statement posted to the Russian space agency’s website ...
20 January 2016
Rick Tumlinson Asks and Answers: If Space is So Hard, Why Should We Go there?
... Schmidt, “the Nordic Alchemist”, Tells the Story of Preparing a Special Meal for the ISS ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti Shares the Unique Experience of Her Record-breaking 200-Day Mission to the ISS. Helen Keen Presents...
08 February 2016
Comparing Notes: Behind the Scenes of Space Travel
... missions to his name. His second mission was the longest spaceflight in European history until ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti set a new duration record. At TEDxESA André Kuipers and Scott Millican compared notes from their vast...
