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BEAM's First Year On ISS Expands Potential Of Inflatable Space Habitats

Posted in Hardware on 29th May, 2017
by Alex Muller

The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), a prototype inflatable space station module, has now been attached to the ISS for a year.

UK Firm Designs 'world's Most Affordable Solar Lamp'

Posted in Hardware on 22nd May, 2017
by Alex Muller

A UK design consultancy has teamed up with a giant Chinese manufacturer to produce what they say is the world's most affordable solar lamp.

Rocket Lab May Try To Launch Its Electron Rocket For The First Time This Weekend

Posted in Hardware on 20th May, 2017
by Alex Muller

Electron could become a powerful system for putting small satellites into space for cheap.

Elon Musk Just Unveiled Breakthrough AI Research. Heres What You Need To Know.

Posted in Hardware on 17th May, 2017
by Alex Muller

Not only can it successfully replicate human behaviours, it can do so after just a single demonstration of the task.

Inmarsat Rides SpaceX Falcon Into Orbit, Booster Falls Into Atlantic

Posted in Hardware on 16th May, 2017
by Alex Muller

Inmarsat, the UK's biggest space company, has boosted its global broadband network with the launch of a fourth high-frequency satellite.