November 2018
Pole star rising
... of conducting both visible and infrared and radar observations. The National Space Programme (NSP), performed in the execution of the PSS, will be a sectoral programme financed from a special separate fund of the national budget, allocated directly...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
...German rocket team spearheaded rocket development and introduced a controlling, detail-oriented culture to NASA. The human space programme started with two Air Force-contributed large intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) rockets, Atlas and Titan...
June 2019
Space industry prime directive
... the US where we spend a lot of time on it, what’s happening in the other parts of the world that don’t have a space programme? In a world that is becoming ever more commercial, NASA’s role is fundamentally changing - would you like to expand on that...
January 2021
How the UK space sector is levelling up with support from its science facilities
... impact. Whilst this benefits a whole range of sectors, STFC’s track record in the space sector is particularly strong. STFC’s experience in space programmes spans more than 50 years – from leading concept studies for future missions; developing...
March 2016
Space for art
... other related articles presented in ROOM. As a person who believes in the value of our space programmes and has also seen first hand that these programmes don’t always do the best job at communicating that value, I’m also a believer in using...
March 2016
Space Oddities: The Problem with Imagination
... Shuttle Discovery in December 2006 Margaret Hamilton, who developed flight software for the Apollo space programme (work that eventually prevented an abort of the first Moon landing almost triggered by the computer) is also credited ...
