May 2018
Woman on the Moon
... be required in such a situation. Participants can design new spacesuits from smart materials and even specialist Moon fashions. A ‘Full Moon’, complete with reflective pearlescent surface, was inspired by the round hypnotic appearance of the lunar...
August 2018
Exoplanet census promises radical discoveries
... shadow will see no starlight, only the planet light passing off to the side of the starshade. In a similar fashion to a coronagraph, the starshade shape is determined to minimise the diffraction of light past the starshade. To properly control...
November 2018
Purpose, promise and power – video from space
... responsibilities in areas such as environmental monitoring and planning infrastructure. Again, decision-makers need to be informed in a timely fashion, with the right level of detail so that planning is accurate and response times are timely. Last...
January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
... precise beam steering, and other advantages to communications satellites. These could be robotically assembled in a tile-like fashion. Even space telescopes could be designed for robotic assembly. One of NASA’s candidate telescope designs to succeed...
April 2019
On-board propulsion set to drive the smallsat revolution
... design and development, and allows larger satellites to be constructed by combining multiple units together in a somewhat similar fashion to Lego bricks. Together with the use of commercial-off-the-shelf components, a simple CubeSat can be developed...
June 2019
The challenge of planetary protection
... items were discussed and examined pertaining to planetary protection. Because new scientific results appear in a regular fashion, the guidelines and requirements need to be adapted regularly. Indeed, recent scientific discoveries point to many new...
