January 2023
China’s space ambitions fuel defence spending and global innovation
... rapidly closing the gap with the US in terms of dominance and ambition Central to China’s space strategy is an emphasis on international collaboration. In spite of the ban from working with NASA and ISS, China opened its space station to all...
15 October 2018
SETI partners with MeerKAT to search for alien life
... Northern Cape town of Carnarvon. MeerKAT also serves as a precursor for the Square Kilometre Array; a far-reaching international collaboration that will one day eventually span a million square metres across South Africa and Australia to create...
July 2014
Achilles’ heel
... and design of the system, orbital position, deployed usage and infrastructure. What is certain, however, is that international collaboration and co-ordination is vital to ensure the longevity of operations in space, and critical for maintaining the...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
... doses are lower) may be the safest radiation mitigating strategy for future crew. MARE is a perfect example of an international collaboration coming together to build upon science and technology used on Earth and in LEO on the ISS, and advancing...
May 2024
Prioritising space solutions to accelerate sustainable development
... them. I think this approach is in line with the four pillars of the UK National Space Strategy - Growth, International Collaboration, Science and Resilient capabilities. Consider that in Ireland, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites are being...
30 May 2018
Effective size of dark matter established in experiment
... on normal matter their existence is still as elusive as ever. Not put off by this seemingly hopeless search are an international collaboration of more than 165 researchers from 27 institutions across the world, who are using a 1300 kilogram vat...
