Escalating Satellite Reentry Risk of Internet Mega Constellations
Space junk is a widely known issue frequently covered by media and even the subject of a successful science fiction thriller movie: Gravity. The... Read more →
Press Clips Week 32-2015
A Superconducting Shield for Astronauts The CERN Superconductors team in the Technology department is involved in the European Space Radiation... Read more →
Senate Approves Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act
The U.S. Senate, today, unanimously approved S. 1297, the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, introduced by Commerce Committee Space,... Read more →
IAASS Statement On International Code of Conduct for Outer Space Operations
From 27 July to 31 July 2015, representatives from more than 110 countries gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York upon invitation of the... Read more →
Press Clips Week 31-2015
A Detailed Account of Pete Siebold’s Survival in the SpaceShipTwo Crash The National Transportation Safety Board has released a summary of an... Read more →
Human Factors Role in SpaceShipTwo Accident
By Barbara Kanki Human Factors was a central focus in the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) public briefings on Virgin Galactic... Read more →