James Webb Space Telescopes sunshield underwent testing at Northrop Grumman in California

Space Telescope Sun Protection Deploys Successfully

April 19, 2022 | Space Technology

Webb Telescope sunshield open successfully in line with pre-launch testing carried out in California a year ago The 70 foot sunshield had been fold... read more
The NuDOS dosimeter for measuring radiation in high altitude and space applications

Radiation Dosimeters for Space Applications

February 23, 2022 | Space Technology

Teledyne e2v HiRel is adding new smaller models of radiation measurement devices for measuring Low-LET, Medium-LET and High-LET doses Three new rad... read more
AI can analyse big data from space industry environmental testing

Testing Lifts Off for UK Space Industry

September 6, 2021 | Space Technology

Key players in UK space environmental testing tell Jonathan Newell how the industry is meeting the challenges of future space technology requirements.... read more
Re-usable satellite can be used for the development of novel materials created in zero gravity

Made in Space

February 3, 2021 | Space Technology

Cosmic manufacturing steps closer to the reality of production trials in orbit after UK company raises funding for developing orbital factory. UK-b... read more
Image sensor for ultra-low noise optical astronomy

Sensor company gains funding for space imaging project

August 6, 2020 | Space Technology

VivaMOS is taking its low dose X-Ray image sensing expertise to new heights as part of the deep space imaging project. X-Ray image sensing speciali... read more