The USA is in a race with China to establish a Moon base at the lunar South Pole and NASA’s testing facilities are in demand
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Why former RAF base Machrihanish in Scotland is pitching to host Europe’s Invictus hypersonic flight testing program
Engineers are pushing the boundaries of vibration and acoustic testing to ensure spacecraft survive increasingly violent launches
A sharp rise in objects launched into orbit is increasing collision risk and prompting calls for spacecraft designed to burn up safely
Parabolic flight campaign evaluates laser-melting of lunar regolith for future construction of habitats and infrastructure on the Moon
The radiation-hardened multicore chip undergoing thermal, shock and functional trials at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California
Will Austin, flight operations lead at Dawn Aerospace, reveals how an aviation-style approach to testing the rocket-powered, remotely-piloted Mk-II Aurora is unlocking low-cost, high-frequency access to space from an ordinary runway
The first full-size drop-test model of Space Rider, Europe’s first re-usable spacecraft, has been completed ready for glide trials this year
“One of the most important things on this mission, different from Artemis I, is we…
With a price tag of almost $100 billion and delays to Artemis II, is returning to the moon an expensive folly? We consider the program, the costs and benefits so far.