June 2021
China’s ascending commercial space sector
... markedly with the rollout of a global communications constellation to complement existing EO and satnav constellations. Module for China’s space station, the first part of which was launched at the end of April 2021. So, if the first year-and-a-bit...
01 May 2017
Canada boosts its space sector with $80.9 million investment
... Development. Last year the Canadian government helped extend the countries participation in the International Space Station to 2024 by providing its space agency with $379 million and it has recently provided up to 13 grants of $200,000 each for...
02 October 2019
First look at China's new spacecraft capable of deep-space travel
... reentry into Earth's atmosphere or the harsh radiation environment of deep space that such missions will experience. China is already working on the construction of a modular space station, and with this craft it will enable the nation to expand...
22 June 2020
Virgin Galactic announces an agreement with NASA for private orbital spaceflight to the ISS
... company, announced today the signing of a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Johnson Space Center to encourage commercial participation in orbital human spaceflight to the International Space Station (“ISS”) while enabling the development of a robust...
13 April 2020
Russia to cut launch rates after price war with SpaceX
... Pentagon. After NASA retired its space shuttles in 2011 to make way for a new space exploration program, the US space agency has relied on Russia to transport its astronauts to the International Space Station; seats that reportedly cost $70 million...
28 August 2020
Clumps of bacteria could survive interplanetary journey, new study says
...panels attached to the outside of the International Space Station (ISS). The dried Deinococcus colonies were then ...as shields gives raise to the possibility that bacteria could survive in space in the form of aggregates or clumps instead, a term that ...
