January 2021
Taking out the trash in space
...carried on board the spacecraft during the mission or stored inside a logistics module, such as a Cygnus or Progress transport capsule, which are de-orbited into Earth’s atmosphere for destruction. The idea is to develop space technologies to convert...
December 2021
The rise of the UK space economy
... time any PM had done so. This was followed by separate visits from government ministers, representing business, science, transport and trade respectively, reflecting the breadth of economic and societal contributions from the space industry. It was...
January 2023
LUNAR OASIS – architectural visions for an integrated lunar habitat
... for a habitat in an isolated and extreme environment. Additional input on greenhouse technology, mission planning, transportation and habitation design, as well as habitability and space psychology, was provided by an extended team of experts...
October 2024
Space industry trajectory under the spotlight of cultural anthropology
... Station, and let’s be honest, that would have made bigger news than the protest itself. Instead, transport officials kept the rear entrance farthest from the protestors open. Watching demonstrators protesting against Turkey...
05 February 2016
SpaceX' Ambitious Plans Discussed at Commercial Space Transportation Conference
...the company's president Gwynne Shotwell in a speech at the Federal Aviation Administration’s annual Commercial Space Transportation Conference on February 3, 2016. “It’s a really interesting year for us,” Shotwell said. “We’ve had the luxury in years...
30 April 2018
NASA cancels its lunar Resource Prospector mission
..., but it doesn’t want to do it alone. “The contractors shall provide all activities necessary to safely integrate, accommodate, transport, and operate NASA Payloads using contractor provide assets, including launch vehicles, lunar lander spacecraft...
