November 2020
Walking on the Moon
... private access to space. There are several ways to do this and while some companies have chosen to develop launch vehicles or satellite constellations, Spacebit is aiming for the Moon. The company itself is funded partly by the founder’s private...
January 2022
Earth - no longer humanity’s only home
... The private sector also recognised the need for a heavy lift launch vehicle and SpaceX has a Starship ready for flight in 2022 as well...the first flight the importance is learning. This launch vehicle uses oxygen and methane and these propellants can ...
20 May 2020
Skyrora completes first UK ground rocket test in 50 years
...static tested a fully integrated, sub-orbital Skylark L launch vehicle in flight configuration,” says Dr Jack-James Marlow, who... along our technology roadmap to orbital launch. This is the first time a launch vehicle of this magnitude has been tested ...
March 2015
Sizing down and reaching higher with CubeSats
... and Peru into the “space business.” And we expect more first time nations in the years to come. Launch vehicles A close-up view of the NanoRacks CubeSat deployer in action The growth of CubeSat constellations is fuelling a new generation of would...
July 2016
France, Europe and Russia - two decades of space launch cooperation
..., which was by then mostly dedicated to interplanetary space probes or soviet satellites placed in geostationary orbits. Soyuz launch vehicle in the assembly hall at Baikonur cosmodrome Several factors lay behind the partnership between Roscosmos and...
July 2019
Developing life support systems for human exploration missions beyond Earth
..., the supply chain will be able to utilise a much larger suite of capabilities of both government and commercial launch vehicles. The campaign architecture will also serve as a platform to help validate new self-sufficiency capabilities that maintain...
