October 2017
Back to the future - heeding the lessons of history
... space agencies (NASA, ESA, etc) could easily have been coordinated in developing a cislunar infrastructure. Perhaps even Russia and China would have joined such an internationally driven and mutually beneficial mega-project over the...
October 2019
Space-based cybersecurity challenges for NATO
... to a new report released this summer by Chatham House’s International Security Department in London. Countries such as China, Russia and North Korea are increasing their focus on both electronic warfare and cyberattacks to critical infrastructure...
November 2019
PROSPECTing for lunar polar volatiles
... 1976. Today, as part of a small international armada of spacecraft being readied for exploring our celestial companion, Russia is making significant efforts towards implementation of a new lunar exploration programme in the form of multiple missions...
November 2019
UAE meteor and debris monitoring network
... of meteorites have left significant impacts in different parts of the world, such as the Chelyabinsk and Tunguska craters in Russia. Consequently, a need for monitoring the sky has arisen. UAEMMN Monitoring the sky for meteors or fireballs...
September 2020
High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions
... has succeeded so far primarily by pursuing a policy of joint technological development with other nations including China, India, Russia and Ukraine. Now, following the ratification of a technology safeguards agreement (TSA) with the USA, Brazil...
September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
... (then a fully-functional satellite owned by the US) was accidently struck by Cosmos-2251 (a defunct satellite owned by Russia) at a relative velocity of about 11.7 km/s, producing an impact energy equivalent to several tons of TNT. As a result, both...
