30 December 2018
Discovering Pluto: exploration at the edge of the solar system
... first 300 or so pages covers the work of Earth-based astronomers while the final hundred deals with space technology. In itself this is interesting, because it reminds us that astronomy has followed the same route for all planets...
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...
07 December 2018
Misplaced satellites provide highest accuracy yet of Einstein's theory
... for the attainable accuracy of these tests,” said Sven Hermann at the University of Bremen’s ZARM Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity. “It is hugely satisfying for ESA to see that our original expectation that such results might...
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
18 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.
