26 January 2018
NASA launches GOLD to study Earth-space boundary
... in solar flares, flurries of energised particles make their way towards Earth with the potential to disrupt our space environment. Such influences are not only difficult to predict, but dramatic changes can also occur in as little as an hour...
October 2015
Space debris, Kessler Syndrome, and the unreasonable expectation of certainty
...has been considerable interest shown in remediation of the space environment. In particular, significant effort has been invested ..., this would cost the maximum of $520. In the space environment, we have exactly the same problem: we don’t know with...
June 2017
Bepi-Colombo will unveil Mercury’s secrets
...purple). Mariner 10 remained the only spacecraft to probe Mercury until the recent MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging - a reference to the Roman mythological messenger Mercury). MESSENGER was the first spacecraft...
October 2017
Tracking air pollution and monitoring climate change
...Space Office (NSO), forms part of a joint EC-ESA undertaking which aims to acquire continuous and accurate Earth observation data to improve the management of the environment...manager. He is also involved in Space Debris Mitigation, and in particular ...
July 2018
Using algae to support astronauts on deep space missions
.... Lessons learned so far Despite the fact that to date some 51 algae experiments have flown in space, the effects of the space environment, especially radiation and microgravity, are still not completely known. Given the high number of failures...
September 2019
Expectations in a connected world
... being developed to remove debris, it is important that legislation is developed to ensure that organisations use the space environment responsibly, because the threat of a Kessler Syndrome incident is ever-present - especially with the launch of the...
