Space

NASA announced that due to the challenges and progress of their lunar exploration plans, the first human landing under Artemis will be delayed by a year. A safe and quick return of astronauts to the Moon in more than 50 years is still a priority for the agency.

SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 40th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Luc Piguet, ClearSpace or how to solve an impossible mission. Luc Piguet is co-founder and CEO of Clear Space, a Swiss-based startup that cleans up space debris. ESA's hottest attempt is to develop a solution to a global problem.

In the new episode of our Space Café Scotland by Angela Mathis on 4th November 2021, Angela discussed with Craig Clark, Chairman of Space Scotland and founder of Clyde Space the launch of Scotland's Space Strategy and the ongoing UN COP26 Glasgow event in terms of leading by example and sustainable space.

Taikonauts Zhai Zhigang and Wang Yaping have successfully completed their extravehicular activities (EVA) and returned to the Tiangong space station’s core module Tianhe, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) reported. Shenzhou-13 launched on 16th October with three taikonauts on board for a six-month mission to construct the space station.

Twenty Polish companies advancing the Polish space industry united to create the Space Technologies Cluster. The initiative was announced during the Kongres590 economical summit in Jasionka, Poland. The Cluster will be an organisational framework and support new initiatives in the space sector.

Viasat wants to buy Inmarsat from private investors for $7.3 billion, the satellite operator announced. The takeover creates the largest satellite operator in the world, with a combined revenue of probably close to $4 billion. Inmarsat was acquired by a consortium consisting of Apax Partners, Warburg Pincus, the CPP Investment Board and the Ontario Techers´ Pension Plan in December 2019.

Japanese research rocket SS-520-3 was launched from Andøya Space launch site, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard on 4th November to investigate the cusp region, Andøya Space reported. The cusp region is the focus of the Grand Challenge Initiative Project Cusp. The Earth’s magnetic field has created a funnel in this region which will be examined

The return of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission to Earth is scheduled for tonight with a splashdown off the coast of Florida. Mission teams decided to postpone the undocking from the ISS on 7th November due to unfavourable weather conditions, NASA reported.

Yesterday we kicked off the second of Spaceport Norway 2021: The Life Sessions, at the startup-hub DIGS in Trondheim. 119 had registered for the event before we shut down the ticket sales, 15 of them attended the event from a computer screen. Our working title for the session in Trondheim was "Technology & Talent", and that is what we got!

SINCE Yuri Gagarin’s maiden trip into space 60 years ago the aerospace industry has been largely dominated by men. Men are, on average are paid £11k more than women. The mean and median salaries for women are £41k and £35k respectively. For men, they are £52k and £45k. This gap widens with age and seniority1.