May 2020
Iran - emerging space state or threat to world peace?
..., named Project Flower, was one of the six oil-for-arms contracts signed in Tehran in 1977. Iran and Israel did not have diplomatic...Iraq in the Iran-Iraq war. The multi-million dollar contract with North Korea was the start of years of military ...
May 2020
Space astronomy at the limits of technology
... of similar materials and processes for future spacecraft. The issue is that, as everything cools down, different materials contract more or less, which can cause stresses to build up. If a spacecraft instrument’s mirror twists a little bit one way...
June 2020
Astrovan II - your ride to space is here
... Boeing was awarded the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract from NASA to develop a capsule to transport American astronauts... was awarded the Crew Space Transportation (CST) contract from NASA… they reached out to Airstream for...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
... quickly compared to the previous steady pace of governments and it is fulfilling to help founder-led companies capture meaningful contracts which provide them with bedrock revenue. Today’s entrepreneurs are limited only by the laws of physics rather...
April 2021
Norway’s pioneering use of microsatellites
... AIS payload and potentially auxiliary payloads. Therefore, a contract for a satellite bus with increased capacity and capability was... integration are performed by UTIAS SFL in Canada on contract with NOSA. NorSat-TD has recently passed the critical ...
July 2021
Collaboration and competition in lunar exploration
... Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, which allows rapid acquisition of lunar payload delivery services; the recent contract to SpaceX for the development of the Human Landing System (HLS); and ESA’s Commercial Partnerships and Commercial...
