09 February 2022
Gilmour looks to Europe for mission critical launcher system
...-C European launch vehicle. NAVIGA is a mission-critical system that combines equally two key elements for future space transport systems: cost reduction, by allowing for mass production, and versatility, thanks to the modular and flexible design...
29 November 2019
Hera mission is approved as ESA receives biggest ever budget
... reusable spaceship, which will mostly be funded by party member Italy. Space Rider aims to provide Europe with an independent, affordable and reusable end-to-end integrated space transportation system for routine access to and from low Earth orbit...
22 May 2020
Countdown to SpaceX’s historic Crew Dragon launch
... on top. NASA made the milestones possible by deciding to buy human space transportation as a service rather than building a new fleet of government-owned spacecraft like the Space Shuttles. The agency granted SpaceX the go-ahead in 2014 to build...
25 February 2018
The New Gold Rush: the Riches of Space Beckon!
..., resources and more”. It covers solar power and space mining – but also delves into nascent developments such as commercial space transport and in-orbit servicing. The author also looks at space security and defence, and risk issues such...
03 July 2017
Space for Humanity wants to send you to space
... plans to send a non-astronaut to travel to the edge of space by the end of 2018. Space for Humanity if a nonprofit organisation headed by Dylan Taylor that was ... does make a difference. World View’s near-space transportation. Image: World View
06 January 2021
India lays out its space plans for the next 10 years
... Coast of the country, far from populated areas, could soon be lined up to support & facilitate the launching of private space transportation systems in the country. Last year, the Indian government announced it was opening up its...
