21 November 2018
Jezero Crater chosen as landing site for Mars 2020 mission
... value of sites such as Jezero Crater, and a previous mission contemplated going there, but the challenges with safely landing were considered prohibitive,” said Ken Farley, project scientist for Mars 2020 at NASA’s ...
28 April 2020
This year's IAC will be hosted in a virtual format due to Covid-19
...those dates in your calendar and stay tuned for additional details on the programme and logistics for the event in the upcoming weeks. Despite the challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IAF is confident that humanity can emerge from this crisis...
July 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...
July 2014
Space technology transfer portals and the chance progress of innovation
...do it. Identifying where that knowledge can be exploited in other sectors and making it available to the right people is the challenge, particularly when the target sectors and individuals within them are not necessarily aware of, nor looking out for...
June 2015
Great expectations: launch markets, SpaceX, China, and other new players
... launch of a fully completed vehicle will not occur until the end of 2015, or the beginning of 2016. The challenge from Japan was unexpected. Insurers have already confirmed that the main Japanese launch vehicle, H-IIA, is reliable, while developers...
October 2015
The Global Space Governance Study – A new regulatory framework for New Space?
... McGill University Institute of Air and Space Law in Montreal, Canada. The challenge was to consider a new international initiative to bring an improved system of governance to the now blossoming field of new space activities. Some 120 participants...
