15 March 2021
Edinburgh Women in Space Conference 2021
...of the Shetland Space Centre whilst weaving in her own insights of becoming a strong leader in the space sector. The...sector from an archaeology background, as well as sharing insights into future UK space exploration missions. Scottish innovation will...
July 2014
Space technology transfer portals and the chance progress of innovation
...than is often portrayed in the media. It is impossible to overemphasise the importance of chance associations and sparks of insight, often referred to as ‘lateral thinking’. Creating conditions favourable to this kind of thinking is an important tool...
December 2014
Rosetta revelations: the fabric of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Since ancient times, comets have been considered special, set apart from planets and stars. Their unusual shapes, with long tails and unpredictable appearances, led to the belief that they were messengers of some divinity, often bringing bad, but ...
June 2015
Bringing technology down to earth
.... In addition, there is the goal to involve local companies and actors in the exchanges with stakeholders and to get insights into local approaches to Sustainable Development. Umbilical Design has recently been chosen by ESA as the lead for...
October 2015
Taking AIM with ESA: proposing the first visit to a binary asteroid system
...dust at the slightest touch. As well as being essential to future asteroid miners as well as planetary defence planners, practical insight from AIM into the fundamental processes driving asteroid cohesion could have much wider implications – offering...
October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
... and an electric field instrument. The geomagnetic field models resulting from the Swarm mission enable new insights into the Earth’s interior. They further our understanding of atmospheric processes related to climate and weather, and...
