December 2014
India joins the major league with the Mars Orbiter Mission
...-2, with a lander and rover. As a whole, India has benefited from its space programme, especially in fields such as education, health, disaster warning, coastal management, mapping and agriculture. Thanks to the space programme and its Indian...
December 2014
Asteroid Redirect Mission: preparing for Mars in deep space
... sensing and in situ instruments. Involvement and support from ground-based science teams would be invaluable for educating the astronauts on the best samples to obtain for further study. Newly developed tools and instruments will...
December 2014
Finding NEO
..., with the US National Science Foundation supporting the telescope and site facility construction, data management system, education and public outreach components, and with the Department of Energy supporting the camera fabrication. The construction...
March 2015
SERC wants us all to get to grips with space junk
... ever more innovative solutions as new challenges erupt, the CRC has a strong focus on, and dedicated investment in, educating and training the next generation of space scientists, and on building robust and sustainable links between participating...
March 2015
Sky links: from multi-satellite systems to nano-launchers
.... Instead of chemical propellant, the new engine uses ionic liquid EMI-BF4. The powerful electric field educes ions from the liquid and ejects them with a high speed of up to 10 km/s, creating an exhaust thrust of 100 microns...
March 2015
Sowing a new dream
... to mention manual rendezvous and docking. The space class was unique, however – it was the first such educational endeavour for China’s human space mission and it was broadcast live not only in China but all...
