Author name: Ron Jamieson

NASA, the world’s leading space agency, is at a critical juncture. While the ambitious Artemis program is galvanizing public excitement with its vision of returning humans to the Moon and eventually Mars, as of mid-2025 a contentious debate is raging behind the scenes: is the pursuit of human space exploration coming at the expense of

For over half a century the Moon has silently called to us, a “pearlescent orb” in the night sky, a testament to humanity’s past achievements, and a beacon for future endeavours. Now, after decades, NASA and its international partners, including ESA/Europe, Canada and Japan are poised to answer that call once more with the Artemis

Will Tim Peake fly into space again after stepping down from the European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut corps? Although he announced a move to a purely ambassadorial STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Maths) role for ESA and the UK Space Agency in January 2023, might Tim one day fly again privately into space as a

Following the successful testing and regular flights of Space X’s “Crew Dragon” and continuing test work on the Boeing CST-100 Starliner, a fleet of new spacecraft will be entering service during the 2020’s to replace the current NASA/ESA reliance on the venerable Russian Soyuz spacecraft for Earth-orbit operations.  However, traditional cone-shaped capsules rely on parachutes

Updated January 2024 New spacecraft are coming into service that will reduce the cost of access to space for aspiring astronauts and the world’s space agencies are taking on new astronauts to work on the International Space Station (ISS) and perhaps one day travel to the Moon and on to Mars. Very few people have