June 2017
Automated or human-operated systems?
... available material in a totally different way from its intended use - the production of water from hydrazine (rocket fuel) or the redefinition of a communication protocol with an old probe left on Mars from a previous Pathfinder mission, for example...
June 2017
European space business incubators and accelerators
... thrive. There are a rapidly growing number focused exclusively on the space industry. This clustering of young businesses fuels the growing appetite for space technology investment from business angels and venture capital funds. Well...
October 2017
Cassini observations open up Saturn’s atmosphere
.... On 15 September 2017 this grand old spacecraft finally met its fate, using the very last drops of fuel to crash into Saturn and, ultimately, to become a part of the planet itself. Seasonal giant The 13-year lifespan...
January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
... themselves as space resource companies, focusing in the near term on identifying sources of water that could be made into fuel in-space. This pivot could be why they have been more successful in attracting capital. Scott Hall makes...
April 2019
Scanning the skies for exoplanets
... launch of Kepler were virtually unheard of. However, after overcoming a few technical hitches and eventually running out of fuel, Kepler has been placed in a safe orbit around the Sun to while away the rest of its days...
October 2019
Skyrora – building on British space heritage
... and ready to go at any time because it can be kept on the launch pad at ambient temperatures, without risking evaporating fuel, frozen valves or other low temperature damage. According to Levykin: “Having rockets that are always ready to go at the...
