12 April 2016
Visionary ideas that could transform future NASA missions
... a number of concepts for planetary and robotic exploration,” said Steve Jurczyk, NASA’s associate administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate in Washington. “NASA continues to value early stage concept studies for our future missions...
26 February 2018
A Sky Wonderful with Stars – 50 years of modern astronomy on Maunakea
... on their ‘sacred mountain’. Anyone who likes astronomy will like this book, and there is even a small space technology element in mentioning the training of Apollo astronauts in the islands’ moonlike landscapes and, more recently, the testing...
29 March 2018
Meeting the Challenge: The Hexagon KH-9 Reconnaissance Satellite
...programme, the book provides details of the development of the technology and the operational and mission aspects. Chapter headings give an ...there would be a lot less shelf-space required in libraries! Mark Williamson, Space Technology Consultant
29 March 2018
Saturn V Rocket
...this offering on the Saturn V, surely one of the greatest products of technology to emerge from the United States. Following a foreword and brief introduction,... series as a visual icon of ‘Modern America’. Mark Williamson, Space Technology Consultant
02 December 2020
China's Chang'e 5 probe successfully lands on the Moon
... Peng Jing, deputy chief designer of the Chang'e-5 probe from the China Academy of Space Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. "We designed two methods for the spacecraft to collect samples. One is to sample the...
29 March 2018
Mapping the Heavens
...to an almost incredible extent since the beginning of the Space Age, not least thanks to products of that Space Age. A child growing up half a century ago could... us to question what it means to be alive”. Mark Williamson, Space Technology Consultant
