March 2015
Sizing down and reaching higher with CubeSats
...in the vacuum of space. TAB LE 1, SELECTED SMALL SATE LLITE/ NANOSATE LLITE SERVICE AND COMPONENT PROVIDERS The changes started in the educational world before adoption by government and industry. To date, close to 100 educational institutions around...
September 2016
URBOCOP: saving planet Earth
... since the first artificial satellite was launched into Earth orbit, there has been a systematic ecological change. The appearance and accumulation of man-made space debris - the quantity of which is continuing to multiply - presents an increasing...
November 2016
Simulating space in a bathtub
...to find any aspect of the system that does not suffer change after being subjected to weightlessness. The ‘dry’ immersion model ...First and foremost, weightlessness affects the muscular system. Changes to the muscular system, in particular the decrease...
January 2017
Mini space station for mice to study effects of reproduction in reduced gravity
.... Therefore, it is not well understood how these potential microgravity effects permeate through an entire mammalian life cycle, or change over time through multiple generations. For this reason, the Rodent Research-1 experiment recently flown aboard...
May 2017
Humanity is moving towards a new reality
... innovation? There was a time in human existence when change took millions of years. Then it took thousands of ...years, then decades, years, and now it seems as if our world changes in only hours or minutes. In another century it seems likely that ...
February 2018
Growth drivers, requirements and threats in the smallsat industry
... 450 km orbits to higher altitudes will become visible half way through the prediction period. Alongside the change in orbit altitude, we will also see a similar shift to higher inclinations for small satellites. Interestingly, the International...
