June 2015
Lunar Mission One: crowdfunding endeavour and drilling on the Moon
... take control of all the surplus funds at the end of the project, and to use them to support future space science and exploration. Although the objectives of an exploration mission may be scientific, in practice most money is spent by industry. That...
May 2017
India confirms commercial launch intent
...public interest compared to some of the other Indian space science missions. Only three of the 104 satellites launched...the fact that on 6 July 2016, the US Committee on Science, Space and Technology wrote a letter to former American secretary of state...
August 2017
On-orbit assembly will deliver major benefits in coming decade
... within the next decade. The search for exoplanets is one of the most exciting space science endeavours and though NASA’s James Webb telescope will cost about US$9 billion it may be too small to yield ...
February 2020
Surviving bacteria in space
... only increase for future missions to the Moon and Mars. This article, based on a presentation at the Asgardia Space Science & Investment Congress (ASIC) in Darmstadt, Germany, in October, explains some of the issues and describes the state of play...
May 2020
Space for Art – The magnificent beauty of spaceflight
There’s nothing better than a spaceship to bring together the wonder of space, science and art. As we push forward to launching new spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) and on to the Moon and Mars, and as more commercial activities ...
March 2021
Campuses, clusters and a leading force in UK space
...the world’s largest fully steerable meteorological radar and carries out research in atmospheric science, radio communications, astronomy, space science and technology. In Cheshire sits STFC’s Daresbury Laboratory, recently awarded funding to support...
