[ad_1] WASHINGTON – Switzerland officially signed the Artemis Accords April 16, becoming the latest nation to join an agreement on sustainable space exploration. In a ceremony at NASA Headquarters, the Swiss Federal Representative Guy Parmelin, the minister of economic affairs, education and research, signed the agreement with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and officials from the … Read more
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO – Silicon Valley startup Flawless Photonics has produced more than 5 kilometers of ZBLAN on the International Space Station in two weeks. It’s an achievement comparable to other companies that have tried to produce fluoride glass in microgravity. For in-space manufacturing, Flawless Photonics’ achievement “is in a class of its own,” said … Read more
[ad_1] WASHINGTON – Belgium has signed the Artemis Accords outlining best practices for ethical space exploration, becoming the latest European power to join. In a ceremony on the sidelines of the European Space Conference in Brussels January 23, Hadja Lahbib, the minister of foreign affairs of Belgium, and Thomas Dermine, the secretary of state for … Read more