September 2016
Transforming US space policy
... pursued defence acquisition reform for decades. Despite enacting numerous reforms, major defence acquisition programmes - particularly space programmes - generally continue to deliver behind schedule and over budget. The problem is compounded by the...
May 2017
Could Brexit blow a hole in UK’s space ambitions?
... be able to do by itself. Nevertheless, there have been calls from some within the UK for a completely ‘home-grown’ space programme, with a suggestion that the returns could be much greater than are currently obtained through participation in ESA...
December 2018
Prosperity in the stars
...world The next 12 months will see a new raft of important activities including details of the 25-year space programme to be unveiled at Asgardia’s first Space Science and Investment Congress to be held in June 2019. The Congress will host six keynote...
June 2020
Astrovan II - your ride to space is here
...of the Airstream trailer. But Airstream’s involvement with America’s space programme might have ended then were it not for a call... segment. Airstream has played a role in America’s space programme since the late-1960s, when it provided the vehicle...
February 2022
Building space-qualified detector chips
.... In 2002, he started working as a development programme manager, in particular in space applications. In 2007, he became space department manager in charge of space programmes. Since 2018, he has been space business development manager in charge...
September 2023
The Institute of Biomedical Problems - Sixty years of contributing to the development of space biomedicine
... in Moscow, which laid the foundation for multilateral planned research within the framework of the Soviet Interkosmos space programme. IBMP staff took an active part in international medical and biological research on the Salyut-6, Salyut-7 and Mir...
