12 January 2018
Evidence in DES map of small galaxies being eaten by the Milky Way
... (Fermilab), a member of the DES team. Four of the streams found by DES – ATLAS, Molonglo, Phoenix and Tucana III – were already previously known to researchers. The others were discovered using the Dark Energy Camera, the...
18 May 2020
India opens its space industry to private firms and start-ups
India is opening up its space agency facilities to allow private firms and startups to build satellites and rockets announced Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday. “Indian private sector will be a co-traveller in India’s space journey”, ...
15 January 2021
Orion now ready for its Moon mission later this year
... to use Orion to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon during its Artemis III mission. Whether a launch date originally slated for 2024 will still be attainable remains to be seen. Before then...
28 May 2021
US GAO report casts doubt on 2024 lunar landing
... that an ambitious timescale and technical risks are issues likely to push back the date of the Artemis III mission. “NASA has made some progress. But a fast-tracked schedule to meet this ambitious date—along...
03 September 2022
Hydrogen fuel leak scuppers second Artemis 1 launch attempt
... way for astronauts to be on board an Artemis II lunar fly-by in 2024 before a long-anticipated next human landing, Artemis III, scheduled for 2025. UPDATE (Sunday, 4 Sept): NASA engineers are assessing two options to fix the latest...
23 March 2018
The Politics of Space Security
... space security: concepts and historical comparisons”, while Part II reassesses 20th century space security and Part III considers that of the 21st century. According to the blurb, this new edition provides “analysis of the Obama...
