In the past decade, several national and international space programmes have been showing increased interest in space exploration. This results in a ‘step by step’ approach allowing for the required technologies to be tested and demonstrated during programmes that include several technology demonstrating missions. The above example also demonstrates another feature of today’s exploration programmes: [...]
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Space History at a Glance
Posted by Admin on September 24th, 2009
Britain’s contribution to space science began hundreds of years before Prime Minister Harold Macmillan announced a new British space research programme in 1959. For centuries our scientists and astronomers have shaped how the world is seen and they continue to add to our knowledge of the Universe through space missions and ground-based science. The following [...]