April 2025
Strapped for success - from racetrack to orbit
... applications. But one of the main distinctive properties is its flame resistance, which makes it suitable for the space environment. The initial analysis of EPP opened up new possibilities for its use beyond its conventional applications, prompting...
27 November 2017
ASTROSCALE and SSTL join forces to get rid of space debris
... the potential to provide a cost-effective approach for ensuring the long-term sustainability of the space environment for all.” The vast majority of space debris is found in a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) at an altitude of 800 - 2000 kilometres above Earth...
18 January 2022
First of 40 planned launches for China
...officials said Shiyan 13 will be used for space environment data collection and technology tests but did not ...currently three astronauts on China’s Shenzhou 13 spacecraft on the Tianhe space station. They were launched in October and, if the planned ...
24 June 2022
UK to lead review of space legislation and financial support for debris removal
... and associated regulations, with a specific focus on orbital constellations which are rapidly changing space environment. It also places more emphasis on the UK space system licensing process and associated third party liability insurance that will...
29 March 2018
Materials and Processes for Spacecraft and High Reliability Applications
...post-flight materials’. As far as illustrations are concerned, engineering problems related to spacecraft hardware in the space environment are “highlighted by over 500 illustrations including micrographs and fractographs”. The big surprise, for such...
20 May 2022
Science Fiction
... everything from “Robots, AI and Transhumanism” to “Environment, climate change and the Anthropocene” along with futurology,..., meaning that ‘Shuttle Enterprise’ got nowhere near the space environment. Overall, there’s very little not to like about ...
