October 2020
Space 2069 - back to the Moon, to Mars and beyond
...the world-famous Jodrell Bank radio observatory. He later carried out research at University College London’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory. Already a regular science writer and commentator in the UK media he became the BBC’s Science Correspondent...
May 2017
Future space applications and their regulatory needs
...rapid advances in computing and networking are altering the space domain and putting tremendous pressure on the existing order... and difficult issues of spectrum needs, orbital crowding, space traffic management, liability and orbital debris. The near-...
September 2016
Paediatric cancer patients aim for the stars with space inspired art project
... is fighting for their life and inviting them to contribute their artwork to a suit that is going to be worn by an astronaut in space! Gordon Andrews (ISS Programme Comms), Nicole Stott (Artist/ Astronaut), Ian Cion (MD Anderson Cancer Center Arts...
January 2018
NASA’s space police wield full force of law
... police’ exist with zero tolerance for the unauthorised possession of a controlled space resource The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center is a space museum that displays space artefacts, many of which are on loan from NASA. Following the resignation...
September 2019
Space cybersecurity - why we mustn’t forget the basics
...are the implementations. As the commercial community realises and upgrades components or modules in use by state-of-the-art space systems, those same upgraded components will require less effort to integrate than would an utterly proprietary solution...
May 2021
Forecasting space-weather effects on Earth
...these changes can trigger a sudden explosion of electromagnetic energy, called a solar flare, which releases radiation into space. Sometimes, this release is accompanied by an ejection of plasma (hot clouds of ionised gas) from its surface. These are...
