29 March 2018
NASA Voyager 1&2 Owners’ Workshop Manual
...probes are close to the heart of many a space fan, not least because they are the most distant examples of Earth-built technology (Voyager 1 was some 20 billion km (138 ... a good telling of a great story. Mark Williamson, Space Technology Consultant
29 March 2018
Rocket Owners’ Workshop Manual
.... Those looking for an introduction to the history of rocket technology will find plenty of interest in this book, but those with even a little more knowledge will find it lacking in depth and coverage. Mark Williamson, Space Technology Consultant
23 April 2021
Mars rover instrument, MOXIE, extracts first oxygen from Red Planet
... investigation – as is the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) weather station – and is sponsored by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) and Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. “This is a critical first step...
19 November 2015
Einstein's theory to be tested by Galileo satellites
...payloads after a set of manoeuvres was performed by the European Space Agency to make their orbits more circular. However, the orbit... Germany's ZARM Centre of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity, and France's Systèmes de Référence Temps-Espace.
31 December 2018
Spaceplane Hermes: Europe’s dream of independent manned spaceflight
... and surrounded by so much excitement, collapse and founder?”. As usual – and there are plenty of other examples in space technology development – it comes down to a mix of technical challenges, politics and cost. At the turn of the century, it was...
01 April 2015
Media Spun Up on NASA Cutting-edge Mars Landing Technology
... to much more of the planet's surface by enabling landings at higher-altitude sites. More information about the LDSD space technology demonstration mission is online at: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdm/ldsd/ The LDSD mission is part of NASA...
