November 2021
The philosophy of space missions today
... stems from the fact that while state agencies are the main stakeholders in scientific missions, commercial exploration will be largely dominated by private agencies, which have no obligation to humanity or to the public budget. In contrast, the main...
January 2022
International cooperation - the key to survival on Earth and in space
...ROOM’s sister publication Aerospace Sphere Journal, caught up with Frank De Winne to obtain his perspective on human space exploration, from priority areas in ESA’s work to a personal view on current space trends. What are the responsibilities of the...
January 2023
Evolving human space culture – reflections on humanity’s cultural potential in space
... conversations in advance of the technical and scientific breakthroughs that will allow our lives in space and space exploration to manifest and flourish. Regardless of conflicting arguments and opinions on topics like climate change and the source...
November 2025
Unlocking the secrets of Europa
...’s science goals are guided by three overarching themes: to confirm the presence and characteristics of the subsurface ocean, to explore the composition of the surface and subsurface, and to study the geology to understand current and past activity...
30 April 2018
NASA cancels its lunar Resource Prospector mission
... and water - elements that would be essential for any explorers hoping to stay long term in a lunar settlement. These...to suffer setbacks when it was moved from the Human Exploration and Operations Directorate to the Science Mission Directorate (SMD)...
05 July 2019
JAXA, DLR to cooperate on Martian moons mission
... no stranger to sending spacecraft to other-world bodies to examine them up close. As part of their Hayabusa2 mission, which is currently exploring the asteroid Ryugu, the agency’s Mobile Asteroid and Surface Scout (MASCOT) lander ‘hopped’ across the...
