14 November 2017
Space nation launches first satellite into orbit
...new territory. Exactly 13 months after its founding, Asgardia is now in space - as promised. I believe that Asgardia-1 is the first step towards ... into the next space age." Anyone interested in signing up for Asgardian citizenship can do so here...
19 June 2019
The Race to the Moon Chronicled in Stamps, Postcards and Postmarks
... chapters cover the early Space Age; man in space; the beginnings of the Moon race; the Gemini programme; space tragedies; “the final ...the stamps and first-day covers themselves. As a recovering space stamp collector myself, I admit that one of the ...
25 September 2020
Building Blocks for the Development of an International Framework for the Governance of Space Resource Activities
... them being made), but there is something fascinating about a group of highly educated academics sitting down to discuss Space Age prospectors digging holes in asteroids, moons and comets. Clearly, the discussions extend well beyond the actual...
18 July 2018
Boost for UK space sector as Scotland and Cornwall to offer spaceport facilities
...future UK-based suppliers to become part of the next space age.” Meanwhile, down in Cornwall, Virgin Orbit plans to... to develop both vertical and horizontal launch sites.” The UK’s space sector employs around 38,500 people and has an estimated annual ...
01 October 2019
Space Exploration: past, present & future
... however, a strange mix of style and content, beginning with a spaceflight primer and potted history of the Space Age and continuing with mini-encyclopaedic chapters on spacefarers, agencies and institutes. There is coverage of both private industry...
12 July 2015
The 18 quintillion planets in ‘No Man’s Sky’: how Hello Games can expand understanding of space travel
... verdict of “awesome.” Yet while there are many “awesome” games set in space, the space community itself rarely embraces them. “No Man’s Sky” could be different. The ...a look at what “we shall not cease from exploration” truly means in the space age.
