May 2019
Unlocking the full potential of Earth observation
... observation industry, on a mission to understand the planet we live on like never before. Artist’s concept of the James Webb Space Telescope, which will peer into the cosmos using the most advanced imaging hardware available. In many ways...
March 2016
Why We Need Space Artists
... same sort of comments when photography was invented, when digital art became available, when the Hubble Space Telescope sent back its first amazing images of distant stars and nebulae. . . But let’s take a look at the...
March 2018
Plumes on Europa - tasting an extra-terrestrial ocean
... erupting at the 7 o’clock position off the limb of Jupiter’s moon Europa. The plumes, photographed by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, were seen in silhouette as the moon passed in front of Jupiter. NASA/ESA/W Sparks Water vapour...
June 2018
Striding through space
... Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s moonwalk on the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 and helping to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope as a mission specialist on the STS-31 mission in 1990. Author and NASA historian Ken MacTaggart looks back at the...
May 2024
Spaceflight revolution on a shoestring
... back by high transportation cost. Large probes are visiting most objects of interest in the solar system, and space telescopes larger than terrestrial ones are enabling breakthrough discoveries. There are wide environmental benefits. This is not...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
... spaceflight, three successful missions to Mars, the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope and a record US$12.4 billion investment of private capital in the space ecosystem, an increase of more than 60 percent year-on-year. Meanwhile, the key...
