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...
September 2017
Measuring space debris risk
... latest research into the debris threat and on new technologies aimed at mitigating debris creation and reducing the ...rate of one in 500 satellites per year. Implications for new constellations Taking our previous result of a sun-synchronous orbit,...
October 2018
Funding the space frontier – a moment that changed the Universe
...and is of paramount importance to our species. Rather than new technologies, products, weapons or national strategy, it turned out ... people by Space News. Winner of the 2015 World Technology Award, he Founded Deep Space Industries, a space resources...
