October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
... for Sustainable Development, which has resulted in an increased interest within the international community as to how the use of space applications can support the realisation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Living off-Earth will give rise...
28 November 2016
UK capital investment company initiates pioneering space technologies fund
... downstream (software), and upstream (hardware) opportunities, and will also look at technologies that have potential space applications such as robotics, nanomaterials and artificial intelligence and those which rely on satellite data such as drones...
February 2016
Shifting Space Perspectives: Artistic Research as Connective Research Area
... a project co-funded under EU-FP 7 and conducted by a consortium comprising International Space University, France; LIQUIFER Systems Group GmbH, Austria; Space Applications Services N.V., Belgium; Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Estonia...
February 2020
Surviving bacteria in space
... a surprise to note that, despite the popularity of their use on Earth, ionising radiations are rarely considered for space applications. Unlike non-ionising radiations such as UV light, ionising waves cause deep and wide-ranging damage to organic...
April 2020
Replacing hydrazine fuel with a greener alternative
...spacecraft capability They also work in highly scalable architecture, allowing for use across a large number of in-space applications. Thrust levels of 0.5N has been encapsulated within a standalone 0.7U unit, ready to bolt on to the smallest CubeSat...
June 2021
Autonomous robots in space
... Agency (ESA) are, of course, keenly focused on ensuring astronaut safety, so the opportunities to look at ADSS technology for space applications quickly became apparent. Project aims The general aim of the ADSS project was to develop a system that...
