29 July 2020
Mars 2020 mission, Perseverance rover 'go for launch,' says NASA
.... These environments lasted long enough to possibly support the development of microbial life. With Thursday's launch, the United States will become the third nation to embark on a mission to the Red Planet this month. China launched its...
June 2015
Space, secular stagnation, and the economic crisis
... a remarkable edifice in the International Space Station (ISS). Additionally, NASA’s space science programme has led the United States into the history books as the first nation to fly spacecraft into orbit or to flyby every significant planet...
October 2015
Houston, we have a Spaceport
... Ellington Field a true gateway to space. The location of a spaceport in a large metropolitan area (Houston is the United States’ fourth largest city) is somewhat unique and provides opportunities as well as challenges. The major challenge is that...
November 2019
Mexico’s path to space
... with the purpose of implementing cooperative activities with foreign organisations in the space sector. These countries include: United States, Russia, France, Italy, Ukraine, Argentina, Paraguay and many others. Mexico is an important actor...
July 2014
X-51A Waverider, hypersonics, and the potential of airbreathing engines
...-1123 4 Hallion, Richard P., The Hypersonic Revolution: Case Studies in the History of Hypersonic Technology, Volumes I-III, United States Air Force History Office, Washington DC 1998 5 Dissel, Adam, Kothari, and Lewis, M., Investigation of Two-Stage...
July 2014
Achilles’ heel
... posed to cyber security. Since a 2011 report4 by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission showed that a United States satellite had its TT&C targeted, the evolution of cyber threats to satellites has grown considerably and presents one...
