01 December 2020
China's Chang'e 5 probe successfully lands on the Moon
... Peng Jing, deputy chief designer of the Chang'e-5 probe from the China Academy of Space Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. "We designed two methods for the spacecraft to collect samples. One is to sample the...
29 March 2018
Mapping the Heavens
...to an almost incredible extent since the beginning of the Space Age, not least thanks to products of that Space Age. A child growing up half a century ago could... us to question what it means to be alive”. Mark Williamson, Space Technology Consultant
29 March 2018
NASA Mercury Owner’s Workshop Manual
... common with the other books in this series, it is based on original space agency and contractor documents from the time, which are appropriately detailed but often ... still supplied with starting handles! Mark Williamson, Space Technology Consultant
28 April 2020
This year's IAC will be hosted in a virtual format due to Covid-19
... together we will continue to discover innovative and creative ideas on how to shape a global society with the help of space technologies for a bright future. The IAF is nothing without its community; together we stand stronger and more resilient...
12 November 2018
"Its Business Time" for Rocket Lab's first commercial flight
... launch vehicle successfully separated to off-load satellites for Spire Global, Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Fleet Space Technologies and the Irvine CubeSat Stem Program. Hoping to eventually take away some of the hundreds (if not thousands...
29 March 2018
Materials and Processes for Spacecraft and High Reliability Applications
... more than 100 case studies and failure investigations from the space sector and looks at examples of space hardware captured by astronauts and returned to Earth. As a...the wider aerospace community. Mark Williamson, Space Technology Consultant
