24 August 2022
Moon mission's human-rated European Service Module is giant leap for ESA
European space officials have hailed the importance of NASA’s upcoming inaugural Artemis mission and the vital role ESA is playing in supporting a return to the Moon. Speaking to a media briefing ...
04 August 2024
NASA faces sticky choice between Boeing and SpaceX for safe return of astronauts
.... But, from an engineering perspective, not having a root cause for why five of the thrusters failed on the inaugural crewed flight to the ISS means that a significant risk remains for more thrusters to malfunction during the...
01 April 2016
32nd Space Symposium to Be Held at Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 11-1
... leaders from around the world to discuss, address and plan for the future of space since the inaugural event in 1984. Attendees at that original event numbered barely 250 space enthusiasts, while participants in recent years...
23 March 2017
ROOM is proud to be the 33rd Space Symposium's Media partner
... leaders from around the world to discuss, address and plan for the future of space since the inaugural event in 1984. Attendees at that original event numbered barely 250 space enthusiasts, while participants in recent years...
04 February 2018
Australia in Space
... in space, as Australian space historian Kerrie Dougherty reveals in her new book. Although Australia only recently inaugurated a space agency, it has a long heritage in space technology and related services. Unsurprisingly, Dougherty begins with...
29 March 2018
Radio Astronomer
..., “marked the birth of a new field – extragalactic radio astronomy”. He also had the “unusual distinction” of being the inaugural director of two new observatories, one at Caltech in the US and another in New South Wales, Australia (the Parkes...
