October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
... for Research in Air and Space Law of McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He is also Project Director of the McGill Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space (MILAMOS), and author of numerous books and papers. Nishith...
30 May 2016
BEAM module fully expanded on ISS
... BEAM was long and tedious. In order for BEAM to reach its full size, air had to be added manually and gradually. At times, Williams was asked to open the valve for as little as just one second so that...
16 November 2018
Space Tango unveils autonomous in-orbit manufacturing platform
... experiment to provide near real-time data and monitoring capabilities either fully automatically until it returns to Earth or manually via controls from the ground. A whole host of industries from life sciences, physical sciences, flow chemistry...
09 February 2022
Gilmour looks to Europe for mission critical launcher system
... government launch organisations the ability to replace legacy systems which rely on costly land facilities and require manual operator intervention to terminate the mission. SENER Aeroespacial believes the AFTS will bring about a new paradigm...
08 March 2022
Space law project receives significant boost
... in pioneering research in air and space law and in managing the multi-year projects, such as the McGill Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space (MILAMOS) that is soon coming to a close, McGill is well placed...
26 February 2018
Spaceshots and Snapshots of Projects Mercury & Gemini – A Rare Photographic History
... examples: as an alternative to the posed publicity shots it’s nice to see John Glenn in cleanroom gear seriously studying spacecraft manuals with Mercury capsules behind him; Jim Lovell’s cheeky grin as he uses his key to enter the private...
