October 2017
Managing air and space traffic from orbit
... equipment requirements, for ADS-B is cheaper than radar. While ADS-B is being recommended as a part of a Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) for the US and potentially for the EU, a big issue confronting this technology is that, like...
May 2018
Space safety – the problem with dual hatting
... approach to operations and safety in its human spaceflight ESD (Exploration Systems and Development) programme which will transport crews to the Moon and beyond. Dual hatting has multiple meanings in different contexts. For example, it is often...
August 2018
Measuring the pulse of Mars
...no other mission has done before it. NASA’s InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) spacecraft will peer deep into Mars’ interior using three main research techniques to give scientists an unprecedented...
August 2018
Monitoring marine litter by satellite
... the marine environment can be very complex, due to the multitude of potential sources but also because it can be transported by sea currents and wind across long distances [1]. Plastic ML is a global issue and can be found in all seas...
November 2019
Mexico’s path to space
... Nacional del Espacio Exterior, CONEE), on 31 August 1962. CONEE was an office of the Secretariat of Communications and Transport (SCT) and was devoted to doing experimental work in rocketry, telecommunications and atmospheric studies from 1962 until...
April 2020
Spaceport Cornwall – from protests to sustainability
...; Miles Carden, Director, Spaceport Cornwall; Dan Hart, CEO, Virgin Orbit; Geoff Brown, Portfolio Holder for Transport, Cornwall Council; and Melissa Thorpe, Head of Engagement for Spaceport Cornwall. Wider message Spaceport Cornwall’s experience...
