February 2020
Europe’s role in space standardisation
...; planetary protection; upstream standards; and future activities in space standardisation. ESA is an active member of the European Cooperation for Space Standardisation (ECSS). What is the aim of the project and its main expectations? The aim of ...
April 2021
Norway’s pioneering use of microsatellites
...’s national user needs. On this basis, and with experience from international science and Earth observation satellite cooperation missions and scientific sounding rockets, the Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA) and the Norwegian Defence Research...
June 2021
Autonomous robots in space
... origin of the global space effort. They have not only been vital sources of inspiration and international cooperation but were also key to the technological advancement of space technologies. Today, the inherent challenges for humans...
22 July 2015
Flawless Baikonur launch sees Soyuz head to ISS, reminds of importance of international cooperation
... launch of such a diverse crew was a great reminder of how humanity manages to achieve awesome feats when nations cooperate with each other – as opposed to wage war, for example.
05 July 2019
JAXA, DLR to cooperate on Martian moons mission
With the Moon and Mars firmly in everyone’s sight as potential targets for up and coming interplanetary missions, the Japanese Space agency want to do things a little differently. Instead of touching down on either of our nearest celestial ...
May 2019
Active debris removal faces legal minefield
...to service and refuel satellites in orbit, especially those not built to be refurbished – in other words, those with non-cooperative interfaces. Given the revolutionary nature of Dextre, it seems more than probable that similar technology will expand...
