October 2025
Pioneering affordable and flexible access to near space
... these efforts, B2Space supports broader European ambitions in developing sustainable, responsive and cost-effective space infrastructure. The goal is not simply to innovate, but to enable meaningful applications – from environmental resilience...
January 2023
China’s space ambitions fuel defence spending and global innovation
... development a key area of innovation to enable large private investments. Supported by a robust civil space infrastructure and government funding, the Chinese commercial space ecosystem has flourished and now has between 150-200 companies. Between...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... sustainable operations by giving them a rating based on whether they have considered the potential harm to space infrastructure and the space environment, and what measures they have taken to make the mission sustainable, yet successful. End-of-life...
08 January 2021
Asgardia’s project for new module to expand ISS
... ISS end of life, the Asgardia module could be re-deployed as a core element of Asgardia’s proposed Earth Ark, an autonomous space infrastructure that will enable continuous development and research beyond the operational lifetime of the...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
... the longer term future. There indeed may be a need to create structures in space to defend our planet against extreme solar storms, and new types of space infrastructure to provide new forms of clean energy down to the ground. The future...
13 January 2021
Portugal envision building a spaceport on the Azores islands
..., Portugal are keen to step-up efforts and raise the ambition of developing and promoting the space infrastructures of the future, said its space agency in a report. Key to this will be “to exploit the natural alliances with Portuguese-speaking...
