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...
November 2021
Space launch emergency response
... responsibility and possible contractual liability could be shared with the service provider, rather than borne by the contracting client alone. NASA’s long-established fire teams monitor a scrub blaze caused by a lightning strike at Kennedy Space...
April 2024
Commercial launch development in Spain
... same in Europe. There was nothing at the base level, so we tried to convince our national delegation to give us a small contract to develop a little rocket engine demonstration because, for us, propulsion is the key. If you don’t have an engine, you...
September 2026
Can Starlab offer Europe a future in Earth orbit?
... are already emerging. According to him, pharmaceutical and biotech work already represents roughly half of Starlab’s contracted interest, with semiconductor manufacturing and advanced materials accounting for much of the rest. His business case...
26 January 2016
Scientists reveal a new way to test the origins of the Universe
...continued Chen. "This should allow us to distinguish an inflationary universe from other scenarios, including one that previously contracted." If the oscillations from the heavy particles are strong enough, current experiments should find them in the...
