April 2017
Urgent action needed to keep satellites safe in orbit
... Solar Observatory on Kitt Peak in Arizona (lat. 31.95, long. 248.5). Camera setting was f/6.3; focal length80 mm; film: Ektachrome 100 G. Aging can be viewed as a continuous slight degradation of the performance of some surfaces, such as weathering...
September 2017
Australia’s unique space history
.... A view of the Parkes Radio Telescope in 1969, during its involvement with the the Apollo 11 mission. Australian film The Dish was based upon its role in bringing the Apollo 11 moonwalk broadcast to the world, and...
December 2017
Dressing up for space
... reminiscent of lunar craters and made with padded and lightweight insulating material - Multi Layer Insulation (MLI) film. This technology, which involves layers of aluminised mylar, is used for various applications in spacecraft thermal control...
June 2018
We live on a planet!
... certainly one of the most powerful ‘rediscovery’ moments, because it was a view of Earth seen by human eyes, captured on film, and shared with the rest of us. The view of Earth that astronauts are experiencing from the ISS...
August 2018
Monitoring marine litter by satellite
...low-noise background. Nevertheless, the aged plastic ML items floating on the surface are likely to be covered by a thin film of water, which degrades the signal strength. Another limitation to spectro-radiometric techniques is the fact that, in time...
October 2018
Funding the space frontier – a moment that changed the Universe
... director Jim Cameron who, interestingly given this was 1998 and long before Avatar, wanted to shoot a 3D film in space. We spoke to others as well. But then, just by chance, there I was giving the update to the grassroots...
