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 ...
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...
23 September 2024
Japan in Space: Past, Present and Future
... its “genius engineer” Hideo Itokawa, who is showcased by the author as the “founding father”. It is said that all space programmes have foundation myths, he writes, “typically formed around an original, visionary chief designer”, but few provide...
July 2019
A reluctant American hero
... phones, the worldwide web and advanced robotics resulting. Other advanced technologies were boosted by the Apollo space programme investment, including heat resistant surfaces, fuel cells, vacuum devices, microwave scanners, freeze drying and solar...
August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
... only was the Scorpion technically feasible, it was also financially feasible in the context of actual space programmes undertaken in the last half century. With hindsight, the Scorpion study suggests that the late 1960s ...
January 2022
International cooperation - the key to survival on Earth and in space
...The European Commission today has many space programmes, the most important being Copernicus and Galileo, ... decision to take people with limited physical abilities to space? ESA has a diversity programme for the entire workforce and aims to be an ...
