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...
02 April 2026
NASA astronauts launch on lunar flyby mission
... was due to remain in high Earth orbit for about a day, giving the crew the opportunity to conduct a manual pilot demonstration to test Orion’s handling capabilities and continue checking spacecraft systems. If all systems remain healthy...
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...
01 August 2019
Apollo’s Muse; the Moon in the age of photography
... indication of its style and content which, for the sake of clarity, is not that of a science text or engineering manual. As its publicity reveals, the book “surveys the role of photography in the scientific study and artistic interpretation...
01 October 2019
The Apollo Chronicles: Engineering America’s First Moon Missions
... and, despite the allusion to engineering in the title, this one is definitely more historical narrative than technical manual. The author, himself the son of an Apollo engineer, tells the story of a group of “lesser known engineers who...
