September 2016
Art, Space & Inspiration.
.... A space-inspired art project that is raising awareness for childhood cancer, and creating hope, courage and unity.. While these words are simple, the impact of this project is anything but. This project has creatively...
May 2017
Spaceplane rationale - a new way of thinking
... range of military aeroplanes. It adds complexity to a mission but enables it to be achieved with existing technology. Virgin spaceship VSS Unity touches down after flying freely for the first time after being released from Virgin Mothership...
October 2018
Funding the space frontier – a moment that changed the Universe
... in front of them to satisfy their dream. People like you. The successful test flight of Virgin Galactic s VSS Unity into the mesosphere on 26 July 2018 took the longdelayed project a step closer to putting tourists in space. So what...
October 2020
Connecting the global space community
... 70 years? The IAF has been united for 70 years now, so the strength of the Federation lies in its unity. The IAF has developed into the world’s leading space advocacy body with 397 members from...
February 2022
Space travel and environmental sustainability
... last private visit to the International Space Station - is now beginning to pick up momentum again. Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity passenger space plane is released from the mothership on 11 July 2021, its rocket igniting to send it streaking upwards...
14 December 2020
Systems shutdown as ISS suffers from power and oxygen failures
... eight channels of the segment was reduced by a third. This in turn has led to a number of systems in the American Unity module being turned off, including the computer, one of the four gyroscopes that support the station...
