Cover Image: Le Donne di Ora Prize – Credits Invitalia The recognition highlights a growing role for textile innovation in the future of human spaceflight. The Italian space sector continues to demonstrate that innovation does not only emerge from rockets, satellites, or propulsion systems. Sometimes, it begins with the materials astronauts wear every day. Corinna […]
Will Wells, CEO of Space Park Leicester, highlighted the breadth of Leicester’s contributions, pointing to missions ranging from SMILE and BepiColombo to ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), as well as emerging technologies being developed by spin-out company Perpetual Atomics in the field of space nuclear power systems.
Leicester Showcases Why the UK Space Sector Is More Than Just Launches Read More »
Named ERNEST (Exploration Rover for Navigating Extreme Sloped Terrain), the experimental vehicle has recently completed an extensive field campaign in California’s Colorado Desert.
NASA’s ERNEST Rover Prototype Paves the Way for Future Lunar and Martian Exploration Read More »
The discovery represents one of the most significant early scientific results from the Euclid mission and provides an unprecedented view of a crucial period in cosmic evolution.
Euclid Pushes the Cosmic Frontier with the Discovery of 31 Ancient Quasars Read More »
Nearly fifty years after Voyager began its Grand Tour, the exploration of the outer Solar System is entering a remarkable new chapter.
As satellite megaconstellations continue to expand across low Earth orbit, balancing technological innovation with the preservation of the night sky is becoming an increasingly important conversation.
A conventional rocket carries two things that, from a physics standpoint, are in tension with each other: propellant, which you need to burn, and structure, which you need to carry.
Autophage Combustion: How Alpha Impulsion is Reinventing the Rocket from the Inside Out Read More »
Artemis III will no longer be remembered as the mission that landed astronauts on the Moon. Instead, it may become known as the mission that validated the commercial ecosystem that makes sustained lunar exploration possible.
Artemis: The Road Back to the Moon Has Changed Read More »
Its success will determine how quickly humanity returns to the Moon, establishes a permanent presence there, and ultimately begins the journey toward Mars. In that sense, Artemis III may be remembered not simply as another mission in the Artemis program, but as the mission that transformed humanity from occasional visitors to permanent explorers of deep space.
Artemis III: The Mission That Will Redefine Human Exploration Beyond Earth Read More »
As the world’s cities continue to expand at an unprecedented pace, a critical question emerges: are we building the future in the right places? A new initiative supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) aims to provide the answer.
From Space to Safer Cities: ESA’s New Tool Tracks Urban Growth in Hazard-Prone Regions Read More »
