May 2017
Could Brexit blow a hole in UK’s space ambitions?
... pharmacology, Dr Leggett also holds a PhD in Chemistry and is Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and the British Interplanetary Society. Opinions presented in the article are the author’s own and do not reflect those of any of the...
September 2017
Space nation set to mark its presence in orbit
Whilst it eventually plans to operate a futuristic Earth orbiting space complex, Asgardia’s first satellite will store data for the nation’s newly selected citizens- up to the first one and a half million people who adopt the Constitution of ...
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...
