Space

  BRISBANE, Australia. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are conducting experiments with an antimicrobial surface coating designed to fight the spread of bacteria and viruses, including the Earth-bound SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for the...

HARWELL, Oxford. Lockheed Martin has contracted ABL Space Systems, of El Segundo, California, a developer of low-cost launch vehicles and launch systems for the small satellite industry, to supply a rocket and associated launch...

  Toulouse. Airbus Defence and Space has successfully completed a key milestone in the manufacturing of the first Eurostar Neo satellite, with the successful integration of the Service and Communication Modules of EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13F....

  New Delhi. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Department of Atomic Energy and Space Dr Jitendra Singh said that 26 Companies/startups have approached Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) seeking technical guidance and facility...

  Stevenage/Toulouse, France. Biomass, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) forest measuring satellite is taking shape at Airbus’ site in Stevenage with the Structure Model Platform completed. In line with UK Government guidelines the Stevenage site...

New Delhi: Indian space sector start-up Agnikul Cosmos has announced the successful test-firing of its semi-cryogenic rocket engine, which has been fully manufactured as a single piece using 3-D printing technology. Agnikul’s semi-cryogenic engine, called...

  Bremen, Germany. The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a further contract with Airbus for the construction of three more European Service Modules (ESM) for Orion, the American crewed spacecraft for the Artemis programme. With...

  Toulouse. Airbus has been awarded a Cis-Lunar Transfer Vehicle (CLTV) study for a "Moon Cruiser" by the European Space Agency (ESA). According to the study concept (two parallel Phase A/B1), the CLTV is a versatile,...

  Bremen/ Noordwijk. The European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus have agreed on service orders for two independent payload missions to be launched to the Bartolomeo payload hosting facility on the International Space Station (ISS)...

  London. Rolls-Royce has signed an innovative contract with the UK Space Agency for a study into future nuclear power options for space exploration. This first contract between both organisations represents an exciting opportunity to...

  Stevenage. Airbus has successfully completed the first key phase of the Skynet 6A project with the achievement of the Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The project now has permission to move into the next phase...

  HOUSTON. Boeing will support the International Space Station’s (ISS) growing research capabilities and commercial opportunities with new solar arrays to increase the orbiting laboratory’s power supply. The modification to Boeing’s ISS sustainment contract with...

  New Delhi: Solid rocket propulsion stage demonstrator ‘Kalam-5,’ which is going to be used in India’s first-ever privately designed and developed rocket ‘Vikram-1’, has been successfully test-fired by Solar Group’s Economic Explosives Limited (EEL)...