July 2021
Nitrous oxide – a green propellant for commercial space exploration
... using coal and gaseous nitrous oxide was developed. A small thruster, Hecht used nitrous oxide as an oxidizer in combination with aqueous methyl alcohol (28 percent methanol) fuel. It was intended for military applications. The small bipropellant...
October 2019
Making the most of Blockchain in space
...contract executes, delivering payment to the seller immediately. This combination of transparency and low cost has the capability to ...CEO Dr Manfred Krischke. “We’ve found that with the combination of our current cloud-based infrastructure and our new...
February 2022
Building space-qualified detector chips
... different spectral ranges. These compound semiconductor devices lie at the heart of an imaging system known as the Flexible Combined Imager, which will be fitted to the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites scheduled to launch in 2022. The MCT...
October 2024
Revolutionising space medicine and global health through virtual and augmented reality
... isolation and confinement during multiple trials, showing promise for applications in space. When therapeutic techniques are combined with VR, a uniquely catered and consistent environment can be created to meet the personal needs for every patient...
July 2014
X-51A Waverider, hypersonics, and the potential of airbreathing engines
... aerospace research, in which high-fidelity numerical simulation was combined with ground test and flight experiment. As one in the... and mix fuel into the air, burn that fuel-air combination, and exit the nozzle in about one thousandth of a second...
July 2014
A revitalised space sector reduces costs and makes space data more accessible
... the images are telling us, and extracting the information we need from them in a reliable way, is a complex process. Combine this with the plethora of spacecraft providing the data, each with different characteristics and instrumentation, and...
