11 May 2018
Revolutionary X-Ray navigation system to be used on CubeSat mission
... SEXTANT Project Manager Jason Mitchell. “This is great opportunity for XNAV and showing its value to navigating in deep space.” In the meantime, the SEXTANT team are busy fine-tuning both flight and ground software in preparation...
December 2014
Ready for Mars? From Mars-500 to zero-gravity medical issues
... six-month expedition length to over 12 months to understand more fully the medical consequences of living in space and undertaking flights to deep space and Mars. The initial impact of zero gravity, first experienced by Vostok cosmonaut Herman Titov...
January 2017
New oceans beckon for solar sail technology
... for sail missions to follow. That same year, the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) flew an approximately 200 square metre solar sail in deep space that successfully demonstrated deep space propulsion and navigation as it flew in the inner solar system...
16 May 2016
NASA Invests in the Future of Technological Development
...“solar white” coatings for scattering sunlight and cooling fuel tanks in space down to 300 °F below zero, with no energy input needed.... Deep Space Orbiters, David Kirtley, MSNW, LLC in Redmond, Washington Tensegrity Approaches to In-Space Construction...
