October 2015
Green cosmonautics: an ideal to strive for
...green space technology prototypes and ideas are:6 Minimisation of Earth-based cosmic infrastructure (ECI) areas Development of reusable rockets and one-stage, multi-environment launch vehicles Taking non-functioning spacecraft out of orbit At Aerojet...
April 2020
Plasma Clipper - opening the age of sail, in space travel
... of 41,000. It sounds a lot, but what does that actually mean? In real world examples, the Saturn V – the rocket developed to support the Apollo programme – launched a payload that was 1/2000 of what it weighed sitting on the pad. Bear...
September 2023
From the Earth to Mars
... or robotics agency. Do we really need space agencies? Think about how different space travel would be today if rocket development had remained commercial like all other emerging industries. By now we would have colonies on the Moon and ...
April 2024
Commercial launch development in Spain
... of years away from our maiden orbital flight. We hope to be ready to launch the rocket by the end of 2025, but this is a complicated business and rocket development is never easy. That said, we are one of the more resilient companies in Europe...
November 2016
Turning the Solar System into our backyard
... Dutch students from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands decided they wanted to extend their extracurricular activity of rocket development to a professional level. This is how the idea was born to start a sounding...
November 2017
Delivering a revolutionary reduction in space launch costs
... we recently began constructing at Westcott, some 25 miles from our Culham headquarters, and a site with a long heritage of rocket development in the UK. At the same time as planning the next stages of testing, we have re-aligned the engine...
