June 2021
China’s ascending commercial space sector
...EO constellations, and the fourth phase of the China Lunar Exploration Program. Overall, despite the 2020s having begun ... year, and future Chang’e missions, deep space exploration missions and even human lunar missions planned for later in the decade...
06 May 2020
China launches prototype spacecraft on maiden flight of Long March 5B
..., China is now likely to proceed with its Tianwen-1 mission in July. Tianwen-1, meaning ‘questions to heaven’, and ...another Long March 5 rocket to haul its Chang’e 5 robotic lunar mission into space later this year. Chang’e 5, which was postponed ...
March 2017
Space for art: Quilting in orbit
... I was impressed to also find the story of the Apollo lunar missions being told through quilts. The Moon in the Classroom” by ...of July 20, 1969; honour all of the Apollo missions; recognise all of the Apollo astronauts; investigate scientific Moon...
02 December 2019
Chang'e 4 relay satellite now a radio telescope
... China sent to the Moon as part of its fourth lunar mission, Chang’e 4, has been repurposed as a radio telescope for...Frequency Explorer (NCLE); a prototype radio telescope with a mission to detect electromagnetic signals from just after the Big Bang....
November 2021
Space insurance and the future of risk management
... satellites have much longer operational lifetimes. The insurance industry is based on risk. New business risks such as lunar missions may not be insured yet but in the final analysis, almost anything is insurable – for a price and with...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
...,000. The second involved the unauthorised placement of microscopic organisms (tardigrades) onto the Beresheet lunar mission, which subsequently crashed on the lunar surface in April 2019. These two cases point to the need for improved coordination...
