September 2017
Measuring space debris risk
... has a degree in Engineering with Business Studies and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the British Interplanetary Society. Note: Seradata publishes the online SpaceTrak launch and satellite database. SpaceTrak is used by space...
October 2017
Exploring Jupiter’s icy moons
... and Callisto, and of Jupiter’s atmosphere. Trajectory The mission profile can be divided into two main parts: an interplanetary transfer to Jupiter, and the transfer to a Ganymede-bound trajectory during the science phase at Jupiter, whose main...
October 2017
Third quarter phenomenon - the psychology of time in space
... known whether predictable patterns of responses would emerge during open-ended mission scenarios but given that interplanetary missions are likely to have a variety of unknowns, there is a good chance they will last longer than planned...
October 2018
Looking for life on Enceladus with IceMole
... - which carries the IceMole - and a carrier spacecraft element, that will transport the whole package on its interplanetary trip to Saturn’s sixth largest moon. The simple premise of the mission is that once in orbit around Enceladus...
November 2018
BepiColombo – a mission to explore Mercury
..., will study the gaseous interaction between Mercury’s surface, exosphere, magnetosphere and the solar wind and interplanetary medium. A further seven instruments–MGNS (Mercury Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer), MIXS (Mercury Imaging Spectrometer...
April 2019
LISA Pathfinder – paving the way for future studies of the gravitational universe
... houses two free-floating gold-platinum cubical proof masses, shielded from the adverse effects of the interplanetary environment. The distance between the cubes in different spacecraft is monitored using highly accurate laser interferometric...
