March 2018
Enabling private sector success in space - SGAC perspective
...in funds that supported the creation of approximately 2,175 American jobs, and $474.46 million in GDP. Contracts for launch and cargo services, as well as vehicle development, are also a significant investment in the private sector. The US Government...
January 2020
Venture capital investment in space
...rocket inside a rocket that takes advantage of the low cost launch afforded by the likes of SpaceX and sells payload space ...enabler but that the real enabler is the lower cost of launch, which will allow the construction of giant solar farms in space...
August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
... essentially civil missiles. Indeed, one of the most successful current launchers is Soyuz - the ‘modified missile’ that launched the first satellite in 1957. The situation is little better in human spaceflight, the only operational transport systems...
30 January 2017
Orion engineers test for vibrations and SLS completes a major review
... start developing components and materials for the EUS, and build up tooling," he added. NASA is currently on track to launch an uncrewed Exploration Mission (EM) in 2018, however the detailed SLS assessment is a big step forward in being ready for...
07 April 2017
Astronauts can zip to safety with new Emergency Egress System (EES) from ULA
...this perhaps surprising but very practical method, United Launch Alliance (ULA) have teamed together with Terra... 12 of the Crew Access Tower (CAT), 52 metres above the Space Launch Complex 41 pad deck at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, crew will be...
26 September 2017
Rocket Lab to fly Planet and Spire satellites on second test flight
...among the first payloads to fly on a Rocket Lab Electron. The Electron will be a game changer in a traditionally difficult launch market. We are excited to quite literally be riding the leading edge with Rocket Lab.” Planet is an integrated aerospace...
