May 2024
Spaceflight revolution on a shoestring
... this radical but practical way ahead. Imagine a new Space Age in which a fleet of rocket-powered aeroplanes looking not...cost of about GBP60 million. In this way, the ‘aviation space age’ could be under way at a remarkably low cost. Historical ...
September 2024
Hypersonics and the route to orbit
...published on the subject since the early days of the Space Age. However, it is always easier to publish an engineering... Spaceport Cornwall. Meanwhile, SES has established a separate entity, Space Engine Systems USA, to obtain approval for use of a ...
April 2026
An alternative model for pulsars and spiral galaxies
Despite the huge advances in our understanding of the universe since the start of the Space Age, there are many observations that we still struggle to explain convincingly. Here, the author proposes an alternative model ...
April 2018
Climate monitoring and the need for open access to global environmental satellite data
Since the beginning of the Space Age, some 35 nations have been involved ... array of environmental issues - it is a puzzle that in many cases the space and meteorological agencies around the world that collect satellite data essential to address these...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... that there have been over 650 break-up, explosion, collision, or anomalous events in space since the start of the space age (1957) resulting in fragmentation. The agency’s Space Environment Report 2024 states that of the 35,000 objects tracked...
April 2020
Satellite mega-constellations pose threat to ground-based astronomy
...been a part of the night sky since the dawn of the Space Age in 1957, and a good number of spacecraft can be observed ...Typical smallsats in a mega constellation. The European Space Agency’s Space Debris Office estimates there are currently some 22,000...
