September 2016
Transforming US space policy
... astronauts to Mars. Red planet priority No agency can require an operator in high density orbital regimes to maintain a transponder or propulsion for manoeuvres Mars should be the horizon goal for human space exploration and this bill instructs...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
... - ground operations, a heavy-launch vehicle, crew capsule, a deep-space transit vehicle with high-efficiency in-space propulsion and power, protection from radiation, optical communication, and deep-space navigation and rendezvous. Decisions made...
February 2018
Growth drivers, requirements and threats in the smallsat industry
... five to eight year design life. Developments in electrical propulsion expected towards the late 2020’s may extend that lifespan but... technologies for photovoltaic cell performance, thermal control, propulsion and power supply - has led to reduced ...
June 2018
Striding through space
...solid base to attach the MMU, which would provide propulsion and orientation control in a free-flying, untethered environment... today on the International Space Station (ISS). This small propulsive backpack is worn during spacewalks, and would be used ...
August 2018
Measuring the pulse of Mars
...a co-investigator on the InSight mission based at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The mobile service tower at SLC-3 is ... on deep space CubeSat performance, including navigation, propulsion and communication information, but it could also mean...
November 2018
BepiColombo – a mission to explore Mercury
... Mercury, in combination with the thrust provided by the Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) - which is powered by a solar electric propulsion system - to reach its destination. The spacecraft will have a 7.2-year cruise, with one Earth flyby, two...
