April 2019
Cleaning up space
... remain in relative infancy. Five years ago IT entrepreneur Nobu Okada decided to address the challenge by forming a company focused on the issue of space debris removal. Here, he describes his ideas and a business plan that he hopes will protect...
February 2022
Revolution and responsibility: the challenges of space
... responsibility concerns both orbits around the Earth (the circulation of satellites, the allocation of frequencies, the use of images from remote sensing, etc.) and the exploration of the solar system (the sterilisation of probes and, more broadly...
09 August 2021
NASA is seeking applicants for yearlong simulated Mars mission
... and working in a 1,700-square-foot module 3D-printed by ICON, called Mars Dune Alpha. The habitat will simulate the challenges of a mission on Mars, including resource limitations, equipment failure, communication delays, and other environmental...
28 May 2016
Editor-in-chief speaks at international space lawyers’ conference
...international meeting of space lawyers is addressing issues related to the state-of-the-art in current and future military security technologies and activities, military policies, and the challenges and risks they represent in terms of space security...
04 April 2019
TELNET Group and GK Launch Services team up for satellite launch
... of 30 spacecraft. One year after the first announcement of the satellite project, TELNET presented the achievements of their designers during the first public in-lab demonstration of the Challenge ONE satellite. An agreement on cooperation...
20 July 2020
Satellite technology supports project to replace soy in livestock feed
... incredibly fast, doubling in biomass every two days. The challenge for this pioneering project is to make it commercially viable compared with soy, which is one of the four largest crops in the world. However, soy relies on arable farming, requires...
