28 April 2020
This year's IAC will be hosted in a virtual format due to Covid-19
...those dates in your calendar and stay tuned for additional details on the programme and logistics for the event in the upcoming weeks. Despite the challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IAF is confident that humanity can emerge from this crisis...
July 2014
Space technology transfer portals and the chance progress of innovation
...do it. Identifying where that knowledge can be exploited in other sectors and making it available to the right people is the challenge, particularly when the target sectors and individuals within them are not necessarily aware of, nor looking out for...
June 2015
Great expectations: launch markets, SpaceX, China, and other new players
... launch of a fully completed vehicle will not occur until the end of 2015, or the beginning of 2016. The challenge from Japan was unexpected. Insurers have already confirmed that the main Japanese launch vehicle, H-IIA, is reliable, while developers...
August 2017
On-orbit assembly will deliver major benefits in coming decade
...’ between human and robot. New operational steps must be developed to verify that the assembly procedures have been executed as planned. Some of the challenges faced by robotic, autonomous on-orbit assembly can be addressed by learning and benefiting...
March 2018
Shifting lines and new horizons in Earth observation markets
... de Selding, Space News, October 2015.http://spacenews.com/china-launches-high-resolution-commercial-imaging-satellite 3 The challenge of future space systems and services in Europe: Industrial competitiveness without a level-playing field. Gil Denis...
June 2018
Striding through space
... to Earth and eventual repair and re-launch. Thereafter the MMU was side-lined, thought too risky in the new safety culture after the Challenger disaster of early 1986. Tasks intended for the MMU were re-designed to be done with manipulator...
