Bennell-Pegg completed her basic astronaut training in 2024 and, if the ESA bid is successful, is hoped to become the first formal Australian representative to fly to space.
Aerospacelab has secured the prime satellite contract to build the LEO constellation segment for the European Commission’s IRIS² programme. Under the agreement, the spacecraft manufacturer will construct 264 satellite platforms and deliver fully-…
It’s understood that the government may have as little as two weeks to consider the formal offer, received earlier this year, from the head of ESA with a cooperative agreement for a flight to space.
Eutelsat and Skynopy have launched Global AKAR, a software-defined satellite ground network designed for low Earth orbit constellations. Announced at the International Space Summit in Paris, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, the commercial ve…
The UK government is committing £7.8bn to a unified space strategy to protect orbital assets and drive reindustrialisation. Formally replacing the 2021 National Space Strategy, the policy integrates civilian and military space programmes under the Mode…
The partnership brings together Gilmour Space’s rocket propulsion, launch, mission integration and flight-test capabilities with Hypersonix’s scramjet propulsion and hypersonic vehicle technology.
The statement highlighted the growing importance of space to modern military operations, underpinning communications, navigation, intelligence, surveillance and command and control.
NASA has completed a major test campaign for a lightweight, flexible radar antenna that will enable its proposed SkyFall Mars helicopters to search beneath the Red Planet’s surface for accessible deposits of frozen water.