The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) performed a successful demonstration flight of the Crew Escape System (CES) via its Test Vehicle – a special single stage rocket – at 1630 GMT on 21 October from its Sriharikota launch site in the south of India. The...
The Jeff Bezos-founded launch company Blue Origin may have yet to achieve orbit with its New Glenn rocket series but its new In-Space Systems division has unveiled Blue Ring, a spacecraft platform focused on providing in-space logistics and delivery. The Blue Ring...
Elon Musk’s virtual appearance at the International Astronautical Congress 2023 is dissected by Seradata Data Manager and reporter Matt Wilson, who did make it to Baku in-person. Elon Musk, CEO and founder of SpaceX, made a remote appearance at the annual congress on...
Speaking at a Technical Session on 5 October here at the IAC 2023 Baku, Azerbaijan, Jason Forshaw of Astroscale UK introduced us to the COSMIC programme they are working on. COSMIC (Cleaning up Outer Space Mission through Innovative Capture) is a UKSA-sponsored ADR...
Another contributor to the third plenary at the IAC 2023 Baku, Azerbaijan, was Manfred Jaumann, Head of Low Earth Orbit and Suborbital Programs in Space Systems, at Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus DS). Jaumann outlined the Starlab joint venture and the eponymous...
The first Plenary Session of the second day here at the IAC 2023, Baku, Azerbaijan, saw a discussion between three companies which are planning commercial space stations or transportation activities in low Earth orbit (LEO). Involved in this session was Axiom Space an...
