December 2014
Asteroid Redirect Mission: preparing for Mars in deep space
... spaceships to the harsh radioactive environment of deep space. One of the ways that NASA is testing a number of the new technologies and capabilities that will directly enable future missions to Mars is through the proposed Asteroid Redirect Mission...
March 2015
Small is the new big: why micro-satellites require new laws
... this trend and are developing innovative business models to capitalise on it. This new technology and market trend is called “NewSpace”; it describes the new generation of space development, notably commercial, which are disrupting the dynamic...
March 2015
Chasing comets together: the Vega project in the USSR and beyond
... parameters of the comet. For Russia, launching Western spacecraft does not help develop new technology The Vega project therefore took another fundamentally new step in USSR’s space research: it became open and available to the wider scientific...
October 2015
Houston, we have a Spaceport
...-ups, in an environment of innovation and collaboration is an exciting prospect that will lead to the development of new technologies and new partnerships. In addition, the close association with regional universities and community colleges will help...
February 2016
Innovations in human astronautics
... missions spans over 50 years. In that time people have learnt to live and work in space, constantly develop new technologies and make innovations an indelible part of daily life. By its very nature, human astronautics requires constant innovation...
November 2016
Microgravity and space research: Bringing the commercial market into focus
... pushed engineers to redefine boundaries much further than they would have in a normal situation. This has transferred new technologies back to Earth much faster than might otherwise have been the case. Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShip2 on an early...
