15 September 2026
Tonne-scale space factory planned for 2028
... can create materials and products that simply cannot be produced on Earth,” he said. “The challenge has never been the science. The challenge has been making access commercially practical, repeatable and scalable. “We believe space is reaching that...
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...
15 December 2020
NOAA launches Crowdsourcing competition for better forecasting of magnetic field
... Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in partnership with the NASA Tournament Lab today announced its crowdsourcing challenge, “MagNet: Model the Geomagnetic Field”. The challenge, which is being implemented by DrivenData and HeroX, seeks...
