12 April 2016
Visionary ideas that could transform future NASA missions
... by funding the initial stages of projects such as the Direct Fusion Drive (DFD), an idea that could provide game-changing propulsion and power capabilities that would revolutionise interplanetary travel. Thirteen proposals have been selected...
03 June 2016
Elon Musk: Mars mission architecture to be unveiled in September
... will receive data from the spacecraft's Mars landing attempt in exchange for technical consults. “The basic game plan is that we’re going to send a mission to Mars with every Mars opportunity from 2018 onwards,” Musk said...
13 September 2016
Scientists prove the Moon was created by a vaporised Earth
... impact really did (largely) vaporise Earth," said Wang and the evidence that has given the game away is the amount of heavy potassium isotopes found in lunar samples. The duo’s findings show that Moon...
30 September 2016
Historic Rosetta mission ends
... history books once again," says Johann-Dietrich Wörner, ESA's Director General. "Today we celebrate the success of a game-changing mission, one that has surpassed all our dreams and expectations, and one that continues...
05 May 2017
Will CubeRover revolutionise planetary surface exploration?
Lunar rovers are set to get smaller, much smaller and a lot lighter compared with the traditional bulky and heavy models we are accustomed to seeing, as NASA has selected Astrobotic to develop CubeRover, a class of 2 kilogram rover platforms capable...
02 August 2017
First iodine fuelled thrusters pass critical design tests
... IceCube mission added, “this mission wouldn’t be possible without the BIT-3, and we’re proud to have Busek as a partner. It’s a game-changing technology for the whole CubeSat community.”
