April 2025
Azores rising – Portugal’s Atlantic outpost vying to become space gateway
... would potentially allow operators to pick the best location for their intended orbit, payload, or re-entry requirement. International cooperation The consortium has also scouted locations in the Indian and Pacific Oceans and even further south...
17 December 2024
NASA seeks to continue human presence in orbit post ISS
... of commercial spaceflight. “Low Earth orbit will remain a hub for scientific discovery, technological advancement and international cooperation, while making strategic investments in a commercial space ecosystem that benefits not just NASA but the...
March 2015
SERC wants us all to get to grips with space junk
...with the research efforts of other countries through a Cooperative Research Centre (“CRC”) for Space Environment Management. The...space research infrastructure were key reasons why this international program was based in Australia. Limiting collisions ...
February 2016
Defending Earth against cosmic hazards
... hazardous asteroids is one specific step already taken and others will clearly follow. Close international cooperation, in the form of scientific investigations, exchange of relevant data, development of appropriate technological tools, operational...
March 2016
Rosetta – Starting from Scratch
... experienced engineers to cover the main areas of expertise. Then he established links to NASA, part of the international cooperation efforts on Rosetta and very experienced in interplanetary operations. Even NASA hadn’t done many of the things that...
May 2017
Future space applications and their regulatory needs
... also has vital defence and military applications, and these inherent dual use implications complicate the international cooperation and regulatory aspects of this vital capability. Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are a more recent...
