The US National Research Council says NASA should take steps to reduce the risk of astronauts being exposed to large doses of radiation on spacewalks outside the International Space Station (ISS).
The risks are especially high during the peak of the 11-year solar activity cycle which coincides with the main period of assembly. The ISS orbit passes through high latitude radiation.
Source: Flight International
China’s AVIC has secured a contract from the China Manned Space Agency to develop a winged, reusable spacecraft called Haolong.
The UK Space Command’s first owned earth observation microsatellite has been launched, providing the inaugural element of a planned space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) constellation.
Orbital launch pioneer SpaceX is being contracted by the American space agency NASA to develop a so-called “US Deorbit Vehicle” that can safely return the International Space Station to Earth via controlled re-entry.
