October 2024
Spaceport America’s road to the future
... the future look? Our goal is to become a premier multi-modal orbital spaceport for point-to-point space transportation, space tourism, aerospace operations, research development and testing. As a spaceport, we have had horizontal launch and vertical...
October 2015
Baikonur, Kibo and beyond: Japan’s leading role in space
... latest model, H-IIB, is the result. It’s made five consecutive successful launches since 2009, providing stable space transportation. Beyond the ISS Another interesting project is the development of the Epsilon rocket. The experimental model, Hisaki...
May 2018
Space safety – the problem with dual hatting
...spaceflight ESD (Exploration Systems and Development) programme which will transport crews to the Moon and beyond. Dual hatting has...and Development is a far more adventurous term than Space Transportation System as explorers always took big and often ...
February 2020
Aeroshells – from LEO to Mars
... an important role to play. In summary, aeroshells are a simple, low cost and space-tested technology with the potential to enable new forms of space transportation. In doing so, aeroshells are well positioned to make a valuable contribution not just...
October 2020
Superconductors - key to unlocking high power space missions
... solution. Recently, the European Union has approved funding to the MEESST (Magnetohydrodynamic Enhanced Entry System for Space Transportation) consortium, of which both Neutron Star Systems and the University of Stuttgart (IRS) are members. The...
16 November 2020
SpaceX launches four astronauts to ISS
... work, and I want to thank the teams for the amazing effort to make the next generation of human space transportation possible.” During flight, SpaceX commands the spacecraft from its mission control center in Hawthorne, California, and...
