July 2020
Trailblazing STEM education
.... How this rolls out into a larger context is yet to be tested with our next pilot project, Phase III, currently under design. Trailblazers We must stay true to the facts, do the research and deploy effective measures...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
... rights into the domain of space through several means. Firstly, under the Outer Space Treaty, Article III references that outer space activities shall be conducted “in accordance with international law”. The onus thereby falls...
September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
... space treaties do not mention astronauts at all and instead speak of “persons on board a space object” (see Art III of the Liability Convention) or “spacecraft personnel” (Art II of the Registration Convention), neither of which takes the discussion...
January 2022
De Ayrshire ad Astra
... 2021. Astraius will capitalise on the versatility of its launch solution by leveraging the proliferation of the C-17 Globemaster III carrier aircraft fleet to conduct multiple same-day missions if required. Astraius has a strong desire to work with...
February 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
... codenamed Jianbing-3 and was China’s first [2000] military high-resolution, digital, remote sensing satellite. Ziyuan III is China’s first high-resolution civilian stereoscopic Earth observation programme and has the overall goal of creating...
October 2023
The multidisciplinary world of space habitation design
... EDEN ISS Mobile Test Facility (MTF), for the Moon and operated it in Antarctica at the German Neumeyer-III Research Station for several years. The MTF is returning to Germany this year to be refurbished and added to ESA...
