13 August 2018
NASA to partner with six US companies to develop space exploration technologies
... Jim Bridenstine, "These awards focus on technology collaborations with the commercial space sector that leverage emerging markets and capabilities to meet NASA's exploration goals. While these key technologies will support NASA's science and human...
March 2015
Supplanting the state: rewards and risks
...truly began in 2010, when a private company first successfully launched a round-trip space flight. Commercial innovation in space Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies (“SpaceX”), founded in 2002, made history in December 2010 when it became the...
August 2016
International cooperation drives Germany’s space ambitions
... where we can gain knowledge about the evolution of the Solar System and is also a potential platform for space exploration. ESA German astronaut Alexander Gerst onboard the ISS. Implementation of national objectives in accordance with the German...
March 2017
Growing plastic-producing bacteria in space
... project is not only an inspirational project that lays the base for further research and innovation in regards to space exploration but it can also be instantly and directly applied to solve problems on Earth. About the authors Iris M. Madsen...
June 2017
Automated or human-operated systems?
... bravery, humour and ingenuity of the protagonists. It also reflects very well the experiences and challenges of real space exploration and the huge component of the unknown and unplanned that can only be overcome with flexibility and...
November 2017
Preserving Apollo’s lunar legacy
... a distant horizon. But however symbolic it may seem, it will assure that the base of a new generation of competitive space exploration will be founded in our shared humanity. This plaque, left on the Moon at the Apollo 15 landing site in August...
