They were custom made for each astronaut and sewn by expert seamstresses who learned to stitch multiple layers of synthetic ...

Singapore is known globally as an international centre for finance and hub for global transport, but is arguably less well ...

This article argues that space taxation should not be seen merely as a technical or administrative issue. Properly designed, it can play a central role in shaping the development of the space economy, ...

President Rodrigo Duterte signs the Philippine Space Act (RA 11363), August 2019.

UK-based space domain awareness (SDA) and space intelligence firm Spaceflux has won three multimillion-pound, multiyear UK government contracts to provide advanced space surveillance and tracking (SST ...

Captain James “Jim” Lovell, one of NASA’s most storied astronauts and commander of the ill-fated but heroic Apollo 13 mission, has died aged 97. A veteran of four spaceflights – Gemini 7, Gemini 12, ...

Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with prime contractor Ball Aerospace to supply communications equipment for NASA’s NEO Surveyor ...

Nanotechnology is one of this century’s ‘buzzwords’ and has been applied, to some extent, to almost every branch of technology, so it is no surprise that it should be applied to space. This academic ...

UK-based orbital launch services company, Orbex, has been awarded £3.3 million in funding from the UK Space Agency (UKSA) as part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) 'Boost!' initiative, part of ...

UK space startup Raven Dynamics has won funding from Innovate UK to begin development of a system that aims to plug a hole in spacecraft reusability by creating bespoke recovery systems and preventing ...

European space officials have hailed the importance of NASA’s upcoming inaugural Artemis mission and the vital role ESA is playing in supporting a return to the Moon. Speaking to a media briefing from ...

UK-based horizontal launch company Astraius says it on track for a first launch in spring 2024 from Prestwick Spaceport in Scotland after signing deals with two key suppliers for its innovative rocket ...