April 2025
Lego’s tribute to NASA’s SLS and Artemis
... as he will have Elon Musk whispering in his ear. The space rumour mill suggests the writing is on the wall for the SLS, partly because of its glacially slow development but mainly because of its high cost...
September 2025
Why the global space sector needs urgent regulation
... and money in getting their precious cargo into space. The race to avoid ringing our planet with a ‘wall of metal’ is urgent. We need to move on quickly from an unregulated ‘Wild West’ of space in which the carrying capacity of the...
September 2025
Iran’s ascent - a space power in the shadow of sanctions
..., however, because the ever-alert Americans found out and, in reprisal, seized foreign assets of the Great Wall Industry Company which arranged the deal. Since then, Russia has launched four more Iranian satellites...
November 2025
Unlocking the secrets of Europa
..., necessitating robust shielding and radiation-hardened electronics. Its payload and other electronics will be enclosed in a thick-walled vault made of titanium and aluminium to slow down degradation by high-energy atomic particles. Additionally, the...
September 2026
Pregnancy among the stars - the biology of birth beyond Earth
... may alter the delicate processes that normally allow the embryo to implant safely within the uterine wall. A space embryo will face a particular risk in the organogenesis process, the critical phase between the third...
15 November 2014
Pioneering Philae completes main mission before hibernation
... of the comet is covered by dust and debris ranging from millimetre to metre sizes, panoramic images show layered walls of harder-looking material. The science teams are now studying their data to see if they have sampled...
