July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
... a purely US activity, Artemis will involve a coalition of partner countries and space agencies. Apollo hardware, from the Saturn V rockets to the lunar landers, was designed, owned and operated by the US government; for Artemis NASA is contracting...
January 2023
Portugal’s sustainable space strategy
... of cork insulating material to many early US missions such as the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo capsules and the Saturn V launcher. However, it was only in 1989 that Portugal joined the first space-related international organisation when...
February 2016
Is Jupiter Really Our Protective Shield?
...‘…there are several ways in which Jupiter (and Saturn) may fail to form in systems for which ... and W. I. Newman 1990. A computer search for stable orbits between Jupiter and Saturn. Icarus 83, 382-390. 27 Gladman, B. and M. Duncan 1990. On the ...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
... answer, of course, depends on one’s personal perspective, but these creations are arguably part of our culture. The Saturn V’s three stages can be separated for display. In general terms, we have seen a blurring of the cultural boundaries between...
July 2019
Lessons from our first race to the Moon
...presence of the world’s media. Wernher von Braun stands beside Saturn V engines. There was no equivalent of NASA in the ...rocket with somewhat greater power. It was well short of the Saturn V’s 140 tons - eventually a version capable of placing 95...
November 2025
Extra-terrestrial Skyring: managing space debris with an artificial planetary ring
.... However, if we based the estimate on the lightest D ring of Saturn, we would need perhaps 5-10 times more mass in orbit before this became...perhaps collecting and beaming power from space to Earth. Saturn has an extensive ring system made up of ice ...
