13 July 2020
ESA calls for 5G/space proposals with UKSA
... benefits. “We've seen through the current pandemic, that logistics are vital to keeping the country going and space technology is a key part of making that happen.” This Call for Proposals follows the Memorandum of Intent signed in December...
December 2014
Asteroid Redirect Mission: preparing for Mars in deep space
... development now, would then travel to the redirected asteroid in the 2020s. Advancing spacecraft technologies ARM will test a number of new space technologies to extend human spaceflight beyond LEO. One of these is the use of advanced solar electric...
June 2015
Bringing technology down to earth
... can drive sustainable development for the construction industry, using technologies developed for space. Space technology transfer involves finding technologies and concepts in the space industry that can be applied to other areas, such as in the...
December 2017
Dressing up for space
... extreme environments to facilitate human missions in microgravity, and create new opportunities and spin-offs for space technology in the private sector. She is the Principal Investigator of the VEST (Marco Polo mission) and GOAL (Eneide ...
April 2019
The changing economics of space
... aging spacecraft are often functioning well, and can still provide effective communications services. In the past, space technologies were deliberately kept behind the leading edge, since they needed to be well-proven, robust and low...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
... now we’re all grown up, Lego is still there with a range of construction kits that celebrate space technology. Mark Williamson opens the box on Lego’s space endeavour. The Lego Group was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen, the name...
