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25/07/2020

Here's an original video about spacesuit design, by a young member of the Space Age team.

In this video I explain some of the many aspects of spacesuits design. Parts of this video are from the DLR youtube channel: https://youtu.be/8NVYdDDRhck

13/09/2019

Sorry for the lack of posts here recently. We are working on a new approach to Space Age magazine and posts will start again in a few weeks.

23/10/2018

The UK Space Agency and the Australian Space Agency have signed a memorandum of understanding to co-operate on space projects including communications technologies, space situational awareness and satellite navigation. The agreement was signed on 3 October in Bremen, Germany, at the International Astronautical Congress. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/britain-and-australia-enter-into-space-agreement

25/09/2018

NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars has been experiencing a glitch since the weekend, according to tech news reports. The rover continues to operate but isn't sending home any science data.

Curiosity rover is in 'normal mode' but not transmitting scientific data back to base,Communications,Cloud Computing ,Curiosity rover,NASA,Opportunity rover,Vera Rubin Ridge,Mars

31/08/2018

The Planetary Defence Congress in Washington DC will discuss the best ways to protect Earth against asteroid strikes - and also against comets too. One of this magazine's friends, Prof. Joel Marks, has lobbied for years for the threat from comets to be taken as seriously as that from asteroid collisions. The PDC planning committee announced:

"The conference will include an exercise where participants will simulate the decision-making process for developing deflection and civil defense responses to threats posed by a hypothetical asteroid designated “2019 PDC”. Attendees are invited to use 2019 PDC as a subject for their own exercises and for papers to be presented at the conference. Details on the threat will be posted at https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/. To encourage research and presentations on threats posed by comets, details of a hypothetical long-period comet threat will also be posted at this site."

http://pdc.iaaweb.org/?q=leaflet

31/08/2018

Aboard the ISS, German astronaut Alexander Gerst confirms the location of an air leak through a micro-meteorite hole - by putting his finger over it. He and his colleagues then repaired the hole with duct tape.

A "micro-fracture" from a possible collision with a rock fragment sets off alerts on the ISS.

28/08/2018

Still no deal between the UK and the EU over access to the Galileo system after Brexit, and for the first time the British Government has earmarked some real money towards the proposed UK satellite navigation system. The £92 million announced today seems a lot for a feasibility study - I'd have done it for £1 million if they'd asked me - but figures of about £3 billion for the whole system have been suggested.

In a sign she expects Britain be frozen out of the EU project, the prime minister says the UK's scheme is not an "idle threat".

21/05/2018

Latest Galileo-related rumours in the FT. So, the European Commission has basically told the Brits that they won't have access to the secure data from the Galileo satellite navigation system because the UK will be outside the EU. This has gone down poorly given the UK's huge investment in the system so far, so the British Govt is now proposing to build its own rival system instead. The FT claims (1) that maybe - just maybe - the Australians may join the project as well and (2) that the British Govt have been privately considering a rival system ever since 2016.

UK aims for first tenders for satellite navigation system by end of the year

27/02/2018

Apparently even life in the Goldilocks Zone isn't always milk and honey.

Our closest stellar neighbour, Proxima Centauri, knows how to belch 'em out. According to new research, in March of last year it erupted into an absolute beast of a stellar flare, 10 times brighter than the largest flares produced by our own Sun, eve

13/02/2018

The Starman in his car, heading into interplanetary space - the live feed from 6 Feb.

06/02/2018

Three hours left until the Falcon Heavy test. You can watch the live stream here:

The first test flight of Falcon Heavy is targeted for Tuesday, Feb. 6th at 1:30 PM ET from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. When Falcon Heavy lifts off, it will be the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two.