September 2024
Liberating access to space
...safety standards add to the complexity and cost. However, the forecast for future space sector investment is promising. The rise of private space companies and the increasing interest from venture capitalists indicate growing confidence in the sector...
23 September 2024
Elon Musk
... that Musk’s multifaceted interests continually interrupt the story of his space company, but this is the nature of a biography. For most...descend into a world of Twitter, AI and other non-space elements. Although the final section (chapter 95, no less...
19 February 2016
Test Masses of ESA's LISA Pathfinder Released Successfully
... Pathfinder was built by Airbus Defence and Space and is the European Space Agency’s gravitational-wave detection technology demonstrator. Airbus Defence and Space is the world´s second largest space company. Satellite operators from ESA, supported...
15 February 2019
RemoveDEBRIS successfully harpoons target in space
... of Surrey. While the mission and consortium coordination is led by the Surrey Space Centre (UK), the RemoveDEBRIS consortium consists of leading space companies and research institutions throughout Europe and Africa, including ArianeGroup, and...
05 May 2021
Dream Chaser cleared for Florida runway landing from 2022
... functions, Kavandi said. SNC recently announced its Space Systems Group will transition to an independent commercial space company, Sierra Space that will build and deliver space transportation and infrastructure for LEO commercialisation. Sierra...
28 September 2022
Firms pioneer embryo conception mission for ‘space mice'
... for gestation and birth to occur, their development monitored and compared to control samples. Independence-X is a Malaysian space company that has developed a small launch vehicle called DNLV (Dedicated Nano Launch Vehicle) with a maximum payload...
