A recycling station could be cleaning up in Earth orbit by 2050
Space junk: a recycling station could be cleaning up in Earth orbit by 2050 There are about 22,000 large objects orbiting the Earth, including working and broken satellites and bits...
Engineering Podcasts – To the moon and beyond
Marking 50 years since the first moon landing, To the moon and beyond is a five-part podcast series from The Conversation. Through interviews with academic experts around the world –...
5 More Moon-landing innovations that changed life on Earth
Today is the 50th anniversary of the start of the Moon Landing missions. Apollo 11 was launched by a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida,...
SpaceX successfully deploys 60 Starlink satellites
The SpaceX has successfully kicked off the roll-out of its orbiting broadband system with the launch of 60 satellites.
Satellites set to pinpoint the worst greenhouse gas producers
The next gen of satellites is all set to pinpoint producers of greenhouse gases across the globe. At least a dozen companies and countries are now on track to launch...
The UK Space Agency Wants Your Ideas
Interested in a share of £50,000? SatelLife Challenge, spearheaded by the UK Space Agency, is looking for the innovative satellite ideas from the UK’s young engineers and scientists. The goal...