November 2025
Vantage Vigil - Europe’s first operational space weather mission nears approval
... seen events where existing forecasts were off by a day. Getting data down to around two hours would be a game-changer.” A new data source will also benefit science. “Though Vigil will be an operational system, we are flying...
September 2026
Asgardia – from vision to action
... best when it keeps its gaze on the great goals of the nation instead of the small-minded political games people play in terrestrial democracies. Second, Parliament must expand the Asgardian population. One of the biggest opportunities...
15 November 2014
Pioneering Philae completes main mission before hibernation
... even of life on our home world. “The data collected by Philae and Rosetta is set to make this mission a game-changer in cometary science,” says Matt Taylor, ESA’s Rosetta project scientist. Fred Jansen, ESA’s Rosetta mission...
25 November 2015
Historic landing for private rocket company Blue Origin
... times the force of gravity before the deployment of three main parachutes in preparation for landing. “Full reuse is a game changer, and we can’t wait to fuel up and fly again,” explains Bezos. The Blue Origin team celebrates...
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...
