April 2020
Reviving Russia’s space programme
... author Brian Harvey is a writer on spaceflight based in Dublin, Ireland. His first book was Race into space - the Soviet space programme (Ellis Horwood, 1988), followed by further publications on the Russian, Chinese, European, Indian and Japanese...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
... and model building. It is therefore no great surprise that Lego has embarked on its own small space programme. Entering space Space is increasingly an integral part of our culture… It is therefore no great surprise that Lego has embarked on its...
August 2018
UAE’s ambitious plans for space sector growth
...five years. In terms of its structure, how are your space programmes financed? Well, in the UAE, and like in other ...develop some unique technology that can be beneficial to all space programmes. Hopefully we would then also be able to build satellites...
26 June 2017
Degree options for those seeking a future in the space programme
... paths suitable for anyone hoping to become an astronaut. Aerospace engineering Engineers are as big a part of the space programme as scientists. Aerospace engineers focus on the design and building of spacecraft or jet planes and are divided into...
23 June 2021
ESA and EU embark on a new space programme
... agreement defines the roles and responsibilities of all partners, the European Commission, ESA and the new EU space programme agency, EUSPA. It will also ensure the level of autonomy of ESA that is necessary to efficiently develop and implement...
July 2019
Lessons from our first race to the Moon
... to develop long range missiles as delivery vehicles for their nuclear bombs. There was no civilian Soviet space programme as such. Each space funding decision was made on the grounds of priorities at that moment in time, and those priorities could...
