August 2018
UAE’s ambitious plans for space sector growth
...ROOM’s managing editor Clive Simpson during the 2017 International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Australia, to discuss... objective. Is it important for UAE to have its own astronauts? Mars 2017 is an initiative by the government to create ...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... the historical precedent, this seems unlikely. Boeing cut short the uncrewed demonstration flight of its new astronaut capsule, Starliner, in December 2019 after it suffered technical problems that prevented it docking with the International Space...
January 2021
Asgardia’s project for a new module to expand Space Station
...have not traditionally had access to human space exploration, as shown by the inauguration of the United Arab Emirates astronaut programme and other initiatives such as the Indian, Turkish and Nigerian spaceflight programmes. Proposed position of the...
January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
... of Apollo. I grew up at a time when spaceflight was all about astronauts and the Moon. I ate, slept and breathed Apollo, and watched in ... coffee table. Instead I was fascinated by where the astronauts were going and what they might do there. My ...
October 2021
Mining lunar hydrogen
...minerals from the lunar surface. The ideal balance between astronaut and robotic contributions in this activity has yet to...The protective spacesuits and life support systems of Apollo allowed astronauts such as Jack Schmidt to work for more than seven...
04 August 2024
NASA faces sticky choice between Boeing and SpaceX for safe return of astronauts
... review preparations and subsequent media briefing. As always, astronaut safety remains the top priority for both NASA and ... firmly on the line - and potentially the lives of two astronauts - NASA and Boeing's careful phrasing of their testing work on...
