Australia kicks off 3rd Off Earth Mining Forum
Today, The Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research (ACSER) kicked off its 3rd Off Earth Mining Forum (OEMF), hosted by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney from 19-20 September.
First...
JAXA announces new asteroid flyby mission to Phaethon
Today, Japan's space agency the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced the details of a new mission to study interplanetary dust, scheduled to launch in 2022 via JAXA's Epsilon rocket.
Known as...
KARI contracts MDA for lunar mission communication subsystems
South Korea's space agency, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), has awarded a contract worth over US$5.74 million (CA$7 million) to Canadian company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA).
Under the contract, MDA...
The life of Qian Xuesen, father of China’s space programme
Undoubtedly the most important figure in China's space programme, Qian Xuesen (also spelt Tsien Hsue-shen) was responsible for directing the development of China's missiles and launch vehicles from 1956 to 1991.
Born...
China to build first Mars base simulator in Qinghai province near Tibet
The Chinese Academy of Sciences has announced that China’s first Mars base simulator will be built at the Qaidam Basin area in Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai province, in south-western China. The simulator...
Google Lunar XPRIZE extends deadline, offers $4.75 million in additional rewards
Google Lunar XPRIZE, in which five international teams are currently competing to land a spacecraft on the moon, has extended its deadline from end-2017 to 31 March 2018.
Also, in addition to...
A close look at JAXA’s Int-Ball zero-gravity drone on the ISS
On 4 June 2017, SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) and carried with it the world’s first zero-gravity camera drone that can be controlled from...
Russia & China to cooperate on Moon exploration, ISS experiments, and other space-related activities
According to Russian news agency TASS, Russia and China have finalized a cooperation agreement to extend their partnership in space-related activities. Under the agreement, Russian space contractor Glavcosmos will work with...
Gilmour Space completes first of four tests for world’s first interplanetary CubeSat propulsion system
Gilmour Space Technologies, a new space launch company based in Australia and Singapore, has successfully completed the first of four rocket motor tests for a CubeSat propulsion system that can potentially...
ISRO’s Astrosat, NASA’s Chandra and Hubble detect dangerous flares on Proxima Centauri
Three space observatories - the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Astrosat, NASA’s Chandra observatory and the Hubble telescope - have detected dangerous flares on Proxima Centauri, the nearest known star to...