In this week’s Space Cafe Web Talk, Dr. Regina Peldszus and Marc Becker, of DLR Space Administration discussed the concept of dual use – how space technologies enable both civilian and military applications – and highlighted key issues at the increasingly complex intersection of both domains.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Column: ESPI Brief 41 – Questions raised by the Covid-19 crisis for the European space sector
As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and the European Space Policy Institute, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and briefs. This is ESPI Briefs No. 41: ‘Questions raised by the Covid-19 crisis for the European space sector’, originally published in May 2020.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Share: First space tourists will face big risks, as private companies gear up for paid suborbital flights
by Sara M. Langston, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityOn May 30, 2020, millions of Americans watched the inaugural SpaceX Crew Dragon launch NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. This mission marked two significant events: First, the return of launch to orbit capability for human spaceflight from the United States.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Column: ESPI Brief 38 – In-Orbit Servicing: Challenges and Implications of an Emerging Capability
As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and the European Space Policy Institute, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and briefs. This is ESPI Briefs No. 38: ‘In-Orbit Servicing: Challenges and Implications of an Emerging Capability’, originally published in February 2020.
Read More »Register Today For Our Space Café WebTalk “33 minutes With Sebastien Moranta” On 7 July 2020
Join SpaceWatch.Global for an interesting and informative Space Café WebTalk featuring Sebastien Moranta, Coordinator of Studies at the European Space Policy Institute in Vienna.
Read More »Australia’s first Mission Control Centre contracted to Saber Astronautics
Australia’s first Mission Control Centre is one step closer to lift off with local company Saber Astronautics chosen to establish the state-of-the-art space hub in Adelaide.
Read More »Register Today For Our Asteroid Day Special “33 minutes With Micheal Kueppers” On 30 June 2020
Join SpaceWatch.Global for an interesting and informative Space Café Asteroid Day Special featuring Michael Kueppers, Mission Scientist for the Hera Mission at the European Space Agency.
Read More »ESAIL MARITIME SATELLITE READY FOR LAUNCH
The ESAIL microsatellite for tracking ships worldwide – developed under an ESA Partnership Project – has completed its accommodation on Vega’s new dispenser for small satellites and is ready for launch.
Read More »Kathy Lueders Selected to Lead NASA’s Human Spaceflight Office
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Friday selected Commercial Crew Program Manager Kathy Lueders to be the agency’s next associate administrator of the Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate.
Read More »Spiral Blue partners with SatRevolution for in orbit demonstration mission
Spiral Blue has signed an agreement with Polish satellite manufacturer SatRevolution to launch and test our first prototype Space Edge Zero (SEZ) computer in orbit.
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