The Northern Territory is a step closer to being part of the trillion dollar international space industry with NASA and Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) ready to launch their sounding rocket program in 2020 from the Arnhem Space Centre. ELA is developing a commercial spaceport in East Arnhem Land, with a sub-orbital rocket launch facility planned […]
It all started with a facebook post. “Are you a coder? An artist? A crazy scientist? Space Apps is for you! Join us in Vicenza! Space Apps Challenge is an event brought to you by NASA ”. I couldn’t believe my eyes. I thought that I had read it wrong. But there it was, a […]
Our friend Lowell Thompson interviews Doctor Rai Menges , CEO of Aerospace Research Systems and CEO of Star Sailor Group (shared with permission). Dr Menges is a serial Entrepreneur, director of engineering and managing director for a network of high-tech companies recognized for developing innovative solutions in space, robotics, computing, energy storage, renewables, materials and […]
If it wasn’t for Dick Koos it seems certain that the Apollo 11 moon landing would have been aborted just 10 minutes from completing the assignment given by President Kennedy eight years earlier. Dick Koos was a simulation supervisor, or in NASA’s short hand, a “SimSup”, pronounced “Sim Soup”. His job was to produce problems […]
Peter Spinks holds a master’s degree in research psychology and has published in international academic journals. Since 1980, he has broadcast and written for leading media organisations, including Radio Four and the World Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, The Guardian and The Observer newspapers and New Scientist magazine in London. Here is one of […]
For the space industry to grow and thrive, we need people who are well educated in its particular requirements. As of Academic year 2019-2020 (starting in September/October 2019), the IAE Graduate School of Management of the Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (Member of Université Côte D’Azur) http://unice.fr/iae/en/iae-nice will deliver two Diplomas, both delivered and fully recognized […]
Kourou, French Guiana – The Airbus-built T-16 telecommunications satellite has been successfully launched on an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. T-16 is based on Airbus’ highly reliable Eurostar E3000 geostationary platform and is the 50th Eurostar E3000 satellite launched. It will provide high power satellite capacity for high availability TV broadcast services, including […]
Madrid, Spain – Airbus built SEOSAT/Ingenio, the first Earth observation satellite for the European Space Agency (ESA) and Spanish government has left Madrid and is ready for final testing. The spacecraft will now start a 3 month environmental test campaign which includes the Thermal Balance and Vacuum test, followed by Mechanical Vibration, Acoustic and Electromagnetic […]
“Inner Telescope, a Space Artwork by Eduardo Kac” (35′, Virgile Novarina, 2017, Observatoire de l’Espace du CNES) Created by the artist Eduardo Kac to exist in weightlessness and to be made on board the International Space Station by French astronaut Thomas Pesquet, the work Inner Telescope lays the foundation for a new form of art […]
Our friend Lowell Thompson interviews Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, Co-Founder at SpaceBase & International Space Consultants (shared with permission). Interview with Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom http://media.blubrry.com/learningwithlowell/www.learningwithlowell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/emeline-podcast-episode.mp3 Emeline’s connection with the space industry goes back 20 years. Her most recent ventures: International Space Consultants was formed in 2007. It speacialises in proposal coordination, research analysis, and program and project […]