by David Todd | Sep 8, 2016 | ESA, exploration
While the little German Philae lander which had been carried to Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko by the ESA Rosetta spacecraft has been dead for several months (it stopped transmitting last year), at least we now know where it is buried. Or rather not buried. While the...
by David Todd | Aug 9, 2016 | ESA, exploration, NASA, SpaceX, Technology
Every year Seradata publishes its analysis of how well different nations are doing in the “great space race”. In this, we limit our analysis to manned spaceflight and to its two main exploratory targets: a return to the Moon and setting foot on Mars. On...
by David Todd | Jul 21, 2016 | commercial launch services, ESA, Launches, Seradata News
The European Commission (EC) announced, on 20 July, that it had approved the intended acquisition of European launch provider Arianespace by newly formed joint venture Airbus Safran Launchers (ASL). ASL will purchase the 35% stake in Arianespace held by the French...
by David Todd | Jul 13, 2016 | ESA, NASA, Technology
Space has traditionally been very much an “also ran” at the Farnborough International Air Show which remains mainly civil and military aviation orientated. This year was no different, with just a small part of Hall 3 sectioned off from a combined ESA/UK...
by David Todd | Jun 27, 2016 | ESA, International Space Station, NASA
The first British/European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut, Major Tim Peake, ended his spaceflight mission when the Soyuz TMA-019M spacecraft detached itself from the International Space Station (ISS) to re-enter and land on 18 June 2016, near Zhezkazgan in...
by David Todd | Jun 27, 2016 | ESA, History, Science
The historic and slightly shocking result of the UK referendum, in favour of withdrawal from the European Union (EU), caught the opinion pollsters, bookmakers and financial institutions off guard. The fall-out could be seen in equity and currency markets; Prime...
