ASI Awards Contract to Continue Development of Moon Base
Thales Alenia Space has been awarded an Italian Space Agency (ASI) contract to continue the development of its Multi-Purpose Habitat, which the agency hopes...
POLARIS Spaceplanes Begins Testing its AS-1 Rocket Engine
POLARIS Spaceplanes has successfully ignited its 1kN AS-1 aerospike rocket engine that will power its MIRA demonstrator.
MIRA is 4.3 metres long and is powered...
The UK to Contribute More Than £3M to the Atlantic Constellation
The United Kingdom has announced plans to join the Atlantic Constellation partnership, committing more than £3 million to build a pathfinder satellite.
In September, Spain...
ESA Launch Call to Develop Life Support Systems for Space
The European Space Agency has launched a call for ideas to develop self-sufficient life support systems that address the challenges of extended space missions...
POLARIS Spaceplanes Perform First Flight of MIRA Demonstrator
Bremen-based startup POLARIS Spaceplanes has completed the first flight of its MIRA demonstrator. The flight lasted for 2.5 minutes and covered a total distance...
Prometheus Completes 30-Second Hot Fire Test
ArianeGroup announced last week that it had completed a test campaign of a Prometheus engine prototype that included a 30-second hot fire test.
Prometheus began...
ESA to Begin Testing Ariane 6 Upgrade
The European Space Agency has announced that it will begin testing a carbon fibre-reinforced plastic liquid oxygen tank that will be used aboard the...
POLARIS Spaceplanes Begins Testing MIRA Demonstrator
Bremen-based startup POLARIS Spaceplanes announced that it had completed the first roll tests of its MIRA demonstrator.
MIRA is a 4.3-metre demonstrator that features a...
POLARIS Spaceplanes take Delivery of a Pair of Aerospike Engines
Bremen-based startup POLARIS Spaceplanes has announced that on 4 October, it took delivery of a pair of its in-house designed AS1 aerospike engines.
The...
ESA Calls for Small Moon Mission Ideas
A call for proposals from the European Space Agency is asking European industry to submit ideas for "small lunar missions."
The call was published as...
