March 2015
SERC wants us all to get to grips with space junk
... operations, and combined with the research efforts of other countries through a Cooperative Research Centre (“CRC”) for Space Environment Management. The CRC is a long-standing model for joint public-private investment in applied research. The CRC...
March 2019
Urgent action needed to avert space debris threat
... operators who value controlled, reliable and efficient data-sharing critical to the safety and integrity of the space environment and RF spectrum. The SDA was founded by commercial satellite operators for the benefit of the satellite community...
21 November 2016
The grandest of canyons is found on Mercury with the aid of MESSENGER
... crater formed by a relatively recent impact – was found using stereo images from NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft. Its discovery reveals important clues as to the geologic history of the...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
... development. As the number of new satellites being launched grows, the market requirement for monitoring the space environment and mitigating potential collisions (including the removal of debris from orbit) becomes essential to the long-term...
27 March 2020
Mercury's crust could have had episodic habitable conditions, new study says
... materials, conclude the team. Over the years though, these volatiles have either dehydrated, been lost to space or chemically altered by magmatic and solar heating. That is except for the material still lurking in the shadows...
January 2021
Taking out the trash in space
...technology used during a successful mission. Operating in a microgravity environment has many challenges not found on Earth, and performing ...) in the Space Station Processing Facility at KSC. An oxygen and steam-rich environment was created within...
