January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
... 1B vehicle to loft elements of its deep space gateway and transport system to cislunar space. In its ultimate Block 2 configuration, ... of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), which will transport high-priority science missions beyond Earth’s orbit for a...
January 2018
When it comes to water Mars may not be the promised land
...(Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) lander will be the first mission to explore ...filled by lava and/or by basaltic sands of volcanic origin transported by the wind. The solar arrays on NASA’s InSight lander...
April 2018
Transforming the launch market for small spacecraft
..., these sites are still under development to serve orbital launches. Caveat for developers While the space transportation industry prepares to serve the small spacecraft market in anticipation of huge profits there is a warning for commercial small...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
...in developing a space radiation dose-distribution model in the human body and serving as a benchmark against which radiation transport codes can be used to model space radiation - something extremely important for projecting risks and planning future...
January 2020
Discipline - a formula for success in the Earth observation market EO sector
... up potential channels. At the next juncture, after establishing a robust downlink solution, the newly acquired data must be transported in real time. Moving the collected data from ground stations positioned across the globe to datacentres is best...
February 2020
Climate change and spaceports – a difficult balance
...future in which environmental concerns would be a thing of the past, as technology would provide answers to everything from personal transport to power generation. But the 1980s also saw a seismic political shift as the Soviet Union disintegrated and...
