September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
...sustainability is undoubtedly a topic of growing importance, as shown by the amount of attention given to it at space conferences in the past few years. The term “space sustainability” has only come into general use within the last 10 years or so and...
April 2024
ROOM at the 74th International Astronautical Congress
... all its idiosyncrasies, the International Astronautical Congress remains, arguably, the world’s most diverse and multidisciplinary space conference and, for many, is their annual ‘must attend event’. Indeed, some of us IAC aficionados can count IAC...
21 November 2023
Britain announces plan to launch EO satellite
.... Chief Executive of the UKSA, Dr Paul Bate, said: “There’s no better way to open the UK Space Conference than by backing a new Earth observation programme. “Space has been shaping our lives for decades but is set to become increasingly critical...
September 2016
Small launcher market survey
... Launch Services, October 2015. 9Lim, Daniel, “Changing the Access to Space Calculus for SmallSats to Enable Industry Paradigm Shift,” 2015 AIAA Space Conference (conference paper), Pasadena, CA, September 2015. 10Svitak, Amy, “Arianespace’s Vega...
May 2024
The universe in acrylics - an artist’s passion
... ago. Although I usually draw my inspiration from images from the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, during the Reinventing Space conference someone alerted me to imagery of Mars from the HiRISE camera - the High Resolution Imaging Experiment...
25 June 2021
China announces plans to build a base on Mars starting in 2033
... Launch Vehicle Technology, at a recent space conference in Russia. Speaking via a virtual link to outline plans at the Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX 2021), Wang’s speech, themed "The Space Transportation System of Human Mars Exploration...
