November 2025
Vantage Vigil - Europe’s first operational space weather mission nears approval
... ESA astronaut; Denis Bensoussan, head of space, Beazley; and Dr Michelle Sprake, lead systems engineer, Airbus. L5 advantage Vigil’s strategic position at the L5 Lagrange point, 60 degrees behind Earth in its orbit around the Sun, offers a unique...
24 September 2025
Cybersecurity, cosmic weather and Europa’s secrets
... system. Closer to home, ROOM continues its tradition of in-depth reporting on Europe’s space ambitions. Simpson also covers Vigil, ESA’s planned space weather mission at the strategically important L5 Lagrange point, which is expected to gain the...
April 2025
Life in the Sun’s atmosphere - the looming threat of solar storms
... our way. As the world continues to embrace an interlinked digital future, it is becoming ever more critical that we are vigilant in understanding the risks posed by space weather. The cost of preparedness is far smaller than the cost of inaction...
July 2014
Achilles’ heel
..., which must be understood and dealt with in order to build confidence in society, industry and governments. Motive for vigilance Sectors that rely on space technology now include climate and natural disaster monitoring, early warning systems...
March 2015
Supplanting the state: rewards and risks
... and related technologies. But with these new opportunities come increased dangers and risks. Only by remaining vigilant against common vulnerabilities and implementing protocols to ensure high standards in cybersecurity, we can safely and securely...
January 2018
NASA’s space police wield full force of law
..., an unofficial market developed resulting in the disappearance of small quantities of extracted lunar material. The US has been vigilant in seeking to retrieve any unlawfully held lunar material and the case of United States v. One Lucite Ball...
