January 2023
Space sustainability imperative
... the only country, however, because one of the guiding principles in the US space directives, even during the Trump administration, was the sustainable use of space. But the UK is really the first country to make sustainability a key priority...
27 June 2017
New Roll-Out Solar Array tested at the ISS
... been eyeing up the technology for use in missions such as the agency’s Asteroid Redirect Mission. Although the Trump administration has called for the cancellation of the project, if it were to get the go-ahead, it is envisaged that the robotic...
24 June 2020
US steps up space weaponisation rhetoric
...on standards of responsible behaviour in space - “what constitutes acceptable and unacceptable actions,” Kitay said. The Trump administration has laid the foundation for the updated strategy by creating, within the Department of Defense, the US Space...
28 May 2021
US GAO report casts doubt on 2024 lunar landing
... woman on the Moon was brought forward from its initial 2028 timeframe to 2024 at the request of the Trump administration in 2019; a goal that was described as ambitious by Senior NASA officials at the time. In comparison with other NASA...
