... six passengers up to 20 kilometres above Earth – about twice the height that a commercial airline flies at – in an area known as near space. It should take around an half an hour to reach its maximum altitude and at that height, along with some...
Spectacular catch – NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator is retrieved from the Pacific after a near-space test flight. The LDSD project is evaluating landing technologies for future Mars missions
... collisions. Technological, scientific and business developments are making great changes in our use of the airspace and near space environments and time is now pressing for the UNOOSA International Committee on GNSS and ICAO to come together...
... debris above our heads is increasing the threat of collisions, jeopardising our near-space environment. Establishing robust space situational awareness is essential for tracking objects in orbit and predicting potential collisions, enabling timely...
... and its reusable launch vehicle made headlines for carrying both the oldest and youngest persons to go to space (Mercury 13’s Wally Funk, aged 82, and Oliver Daemen, 18, respectively). The sophisticated publicity machines of these large companies...
... flying a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle into near-space from the Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii.../ldsd/ The LDSD mission is part of NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate, which is innovating, developing, testing...