January 2021
Asgardia’s project for a new module to expand Space Station
... which, in November 2020, marked two decades of continuous occupation. During the first Asgardia Space Science & Investment Conference, held in Germany in October 2019, a project to add a new commercially procured docking module to the ISS was...
January 2022
International cooperation - the key to survival on Earth and in space
... Transfer Vehicle (HTV). After his mission, he chaired the technical committee of the second EU-ESA Space Exploration Conference in Brussels in 2010. Frank became Head of ESA’s European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany in August 2012. Since 2017...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
... life on Earth. Space sustainability is undoubtedly a topic of growing importance, as shown by the amount of attention given to it at space conferences in the past few years. The term “space sustainability” has only come into general use within ...
May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
As widely reported in various issues of ROOM, many current international space conferences cover the important topic of space sustainability, and space experts devote many hours to space debris mitigation or ...
September 2024
Hypersonics and the route to orbit
... a two-stage horizontal launch and landing vehicle, has been raising its profile recently at major international conferences and exhibitions, including IAC 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The company also enjoyed a high-profile presence in the...
09 December 2015
France and Germany Confirm Plans to Launch Methane Monitoring Satellite
.... The project is currently six years behind schedule, but in statements made at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Brigitte Zypries (Germany's federal coordinator for German aerospace policy) and Thierry Mandon (French Research Minister...
