March 2016
Exploration and cooperation at the heart of European space vision
... you have already paved the way,” he says. “I hope for many break-throughs in all fields. Of course, launchers are a central part of this because it is not acceptable that launch costs remain such a high proportion of a mission...
August 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
... part of this overall structure as a sort of space transport way-station for transitioning from chemically fuelled rocket launchers to much more efficient electric ion propulsion systems that could fly on to the Moon and Mars? Conceptual...
August 2016
Flying in formation - why China and the rest of the world should collaborate
... visiting cargo and crew vehicles have also to be launched into this orbit and it is likely that China’s CZ-5B launcher, reserved for lifting the station modules, the CZ-2F vehicle, designated for launching the Shenzhou, and the...
August 2016
Polish Space Agency pursues task of developing country’s space expertise
... in space. Poland’s PW-Sat Pawel Sanczyk was launched in February 2012 on the first flight of ESA’s new Vega launcher. After 1989, political changes allowed for cooperation between countries from the Eastern Bloc, and Poland...
September 2016
Transforming US space policy
...small launch vehicles on standby could help rapidly populate and reconstitute constellations. To support building this small launcher army, ASRA starts a Department of Defense (DoD) Venture Class Launch Services pilot programme modelled on NASA’s and...
September 2016
Co-operating in space transcends national identity
...between the states of Europe. In space terms, the failure of the Europa programme - developed by the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO), a former European space research organisation - and the subsequent success of the Ariane programme...
