07 August 2015
NASA pays Roscosmos $490 million for ISS access even as U.S.-Russia relations at a historic low
...immediate gap. Of course SpaceX in particular is aiming to revolutionise the entire launch market – while development of the Russian space programme has hit a number of rough patches, including funding issues for the new Vostok Cosmodrome, and spotty...
26 February 2018
Exploring the Planets – A Memoir
It’s not unusual to read about the leading lights of the American space programme, either in history books or biographies; it is rare to read a memoir from a British space scientist who served at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in the early part of ...
17 July 2018
Piercing the Horizon: the story of Visionary NASA Chief Tom Paine
... astronaut biographies but “too few critical works on the principal managers and bureaucrats” responsible for the US space programme. This biography traces Tom Paine’s life from his upbringing as a “Navy Brat” (his father had a “distinguished...
16 July 2019
Fuel leak halts India's Moon mission
...24 seconds before the scheduled launch of Chandrayaan-2, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) gave no explanation for what it ...Moon Chariot 2—mission is part of India's ambitious space programme, and its success would have propelled the South...
19 September 2019
Annual Global MilSatCom conference and exhibition returns to London
..., SATCOM and Strategic Networks, UK MoD Wing Commander David Black, SKYNET 6 EC Lead, ISS, UK MoD Dr Michael O’Callaghan, Space Programme Manager, Dstl Ms Deanna Ryals, Chief Partnerships Officer, SMC, US Air Force Day two of the conference will...
December 2014
India joins the major league with the Mars Orbiter Mission
...second mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-2, with a lander and rover. As a whole, India has benefited from its space programme, especially in fields such as education, health, disaster warning, coastal management, mapping and agriculture. Thanks to the...
