02 October 2020
Nasa funds ICON to develop a 3D construction system for the moon
... and SEArch+ are no strangers and have already competed against each other in NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Competition. The challenge, which started in 2015 and was structured in phases, each with multiple levels, awarded recipients prize money...
June 2014
X-51A Waverider, hypersonics, and the potential of airbreathing engines
... transition that occurs as a vehicle passes through Mach 1, the speed of sound, where there is a change in the fundamental behaviour of the air moving past the craft. Some of the challenges of hypersonic flight are connected to high temperatures and...
October 2015
Houston, we have a Spaceport
... is intended to attract both established aerospace companies and small start-ups. The challenges and opportunities provided by space exploration and the utilization of space resources enable us to satisfy all of these ambitions. Broader access...
October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
... Space Center. When astronauts leave planet Mars, they’ll have to do it independently. Finally, after again facing the challenge of months of interplanetary transit, they must survive another entry, descent and landing, bringing them safely back...
March 2017
Rosetta – outstanding climax to pioneering mission
... the mission: it had to follow the comet and observe its evolution around the perihelion, at least until the end of 2015. And this was very challenging, as the activity of the comet started to rapidly increase at the beginning of the new year. At the...
March 2018
Mapping the dark universe
... (CFDP class 2) addresses the challenges in the design of the space and ground segment. The next steps for the Euclid ground team will be the implementation and validation of the concepts in the ground segment itself About the author Andreas Rudolph...
