October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
... media, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the cyber domain. Through the proliferation of and increased access to new technologies, traditionally and historically imparted laws and regulations, particularly international law and international relations...
October 2024
The Human Spaceship - Off Balance
...in deceptive spatial landscapes. Throughout the development of human architecture, natural habitats, human built structures and new technology designs have been inspired by nature, drawing on the mathematical proportions of Earth’s geology, flora and...
10 March 2017
New interplanetary radar technique spots "lost" lunar spacecraft
...space debris in a lunar orbit, at least with optical telescopes, is challenging due to its bright glare. Now, a new technological application is set to change that as scientists have used an interplanetary radar to successfully spot both NASA's Lunar...
18 March 2020
Failure of China's Long March 7A launch could impact major missions
... Island, China’s southernmost launch site. The rocket was expected to place a classified satellite named XJY 6 or ‘new technology verification satellite-6” into an elliptical, geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) but was unable to deliver the secret...
08 February 2019
ESA's new Mars rover has a new name
...,” says Tim. “With it, we are building on our European heritage in robotic exploration, and at the same time devising new technologies.” The rover will relay data to Earth through the Trace Gas Orbiter, a spacecraft searching for tiny...
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...