March 2021
Campuses, clusters and a leading force in UK space
... Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), STFC’s purpose is to discover the secrets of the universe, develop advanced technologies, and innovate to solve real-world challenges. STFC sits under the umbrella of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI...
28 July 2017
Japan's first privately developed rocket launches tomorrow
... four minutes after launch before making a nose-dive into the sea upon its return. Interstellar technologies mission is to “change the economics of Space Launch Services, making it more economic to existing customers and accessible to entirely...
20 January 2020
ESA facility begins producing oxygen out of simulated moon dust
... oxygen plant at their Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory, housed within their European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), based in Noordwijk in the Netherlands. Their aim is to efficiently extract oxygen from moondust and make...
04 September 2020
China announces launch of a reusable experimental spacecraft
... the mission, plans to launch a reusable spacecraft in 2020 were revealed by officials from China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) back in 2017. At the time, Chen Hongbo, a researcher from the corporation said “unlike traditional...
December 2014
Skolkovo and a new breed of Russian space startups
...Skolkovo as the location for Dauria’s major subdivisions. Firstly, the technology park is located close to Moscow. In 2012, Dauria became ...of the Skolkovo space cluster include New Energy Technologies, which develops small-scale atomic clocks for...
16 January 2017
First international contract for commercial rocket launch signed by Denmark and China
Landspace Technology Corporation, a private aerospace business based in Beijing, has signed a contract with a Danish firm to become the first ...
