Nokia has revealed further details of being chosen by NASA last week as a partner involved in the Artemis operation, specifically to deploy a cellular network on the lunar surface. Nokia has proposed to deploy the first LTE/4G communications system in space, and on the lunar surface by “late 2022”. The idea is that it ...
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Countries such as Australia, Canada, Italy and Japan had already signed up for NASA’s Artemis programme previously, but now the UK is on board with America’s next-generation plan for Moon and Mars exploration. Artemis involves a new space station orbiting the moon and supporting material extraction and also proving a basis for further exploration to ...
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The Japanses company Astroscale Holdings – which specialises in space debris removal – has announced it has closed its Series E round with additional funding of $51 million, bringing the total investment raised to $191 million. This, says the company, makes it the most funded on-orbit services and logistics company globally and most funded space ...
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In a dress rehearsal for a robotic test campaign on the Moon-like volcanic slopes of Mount Etna, scheduled for next year, researchers at the European Space Agency (ESA) have been testing its rover, dubbed Interact. Demonstrating its remote control abilities, a controller in Germany operated ESA’s gripper-equipped Interact around a simulated moonscape at the European Agency’s ...
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The US military logistics operation (US Transportation Command, USTRANSCOM) has announced it is looking to space transportation to support critical deliveries. The USTRANSCOM commander – US army General, Stephen R. Lyons – was speaking at the National Defense Transportation Association’s Fall Meeting. He also revealed USTRANSCOM’s partnership with Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) and Exploration ...
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The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is supporting a new commercially-focused exhibition and conference in 2021, dubbed the Space-Comm Expo. Its aim is to help drive growth across UK space sector. The Space-Comm Expo 2021 – Covid-19 permitting, of course – is scheduled to take place on 25 and 26 May 2021 at the Farnborough International ...
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The UK is looking to start new international space collaborations. Using the Government’s new domestic space fund, the National Space Innovation Programme, the UK Space Agency will fund new technologies and services, says the agency. The aim is to support UK trade and science with countries with significant space investments, such as Australia, France, Japan ...
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Four Spire nanosatellites, backed by the UK Space Agency (UKSA), have successfully launched via a Soyuz rocket yesterday. The Glasgow-built nanosatellites have joined a fleet in low Earth orbit that monitor shipping movements, helping predict global trade movements. “While nanosatellites are just the size of a shoe box, they have the power and intelligence of ...
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ESA’s spacecraft Mars Express has discovered more water buried under the ice in the south polar region of Mars, the agency has announced. Several ponds of liquid water have been detected by MARSIS (Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding). Specifically, three new ponds have been discovered following analysis of more radar data from ...
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The EPSRC UK-RAS Network, the organiser of the annual UK Robotics Week, is inviting school groups to enter the School Robot Competition 2020. The theme this year is Space. Children aged 8-14 years are asked to submit their own designs for a robot that can explore space terrains. Entries can be made at www.ukras.org/school-robot-competition/design Note ...
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