After three consecutive flight failures plus an on-land test explosion, there was a lot riding on the 10th suborbital test flight (IFT-10) of the Starship/Super Heavy. Success was needed for both SpaceX and for NASA’s Artemis lunar programme – and it was...
Every year, Seradata reviews the ‘runners and riders’ in the Great Space Race, or rather the two races: to return humans to the Moon and to land humans on the surface of Mars for the first time. In this we judge each of the leading contender nations’ space programmes...
“Stronger than steel” “Stiffer than diamonds” “Capable of sitting on the surface on the sun” No, it’s not superman: It’s graphene. These were just some of the superlatives claimed to describe the “frontier material” in a workshop held during the UK Space Conference....
Eris, a 25m tall rocket, slowly lifted itself into the air on its maiden flight from Bowen, Abbot Point, in Queensland Australia at 2035 GMT on 29 July. The rocket, built by Australian startup Gilmour space, cleared its launch pad but then its climb stopped abruptly....
