October 2015
From post-humanity to fractals: is human space exploration doomed?
Humanity’s desire to go into space is dictated by evolution. Far from being strange or aberrant, it is the natural next step for our species. Yet our cosmic expansion is bound to run up against barriers, which could include the rise of a new, post-...
March 2016
Gravitational waves provide new window on the universe
On 11 February 2016 a team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) formally announced the landmark discovery of ...
March 2016
Exploration and cooperation at the heart of European space vision
Jan Woerner is no stranger to the international space scene. Between March 2007 and June 2015 he served as Chairman of the Executive Board of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). And, before joining as ESA Director General last summer, he headed up ...
March 2016
Time for European visionary goals
This April marked the 55th anniversary of the first human spaceflight into Earth orbit. Those formative decades in the middle of the 20th century saw Europe, still recovering from its recent shattering military past, building its industrial strength...
January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
SLS represents a game-changing spaceflight capability, enabling mission profiles that are currently impossible to become possible. Conceived and designed for exploration of deep space, the primary purpose of SLS is to enable NASA’s journey to Mars ...
December 2018
Prosperity in the stars
Asgardia, the nascent space nation, celebrated its second birthday in October and is rapidly moving forward to create the infrastructure and an economy that aims to power its 25-year space programme to safeguard humanity’s future both on Earth and ...
