What if we could generate solar power day and night, 365 days a year?  A new project sets to find this out with its innovative space-based solar farm concept. Here, Dave Walsha, sales manager at drive system supplier EMS, explores the DC motor technology making ambitious space projects possible. Oxfordshire-based Space Solar is…

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Is it possible that one day, you or I could step onto another planetary body? For decades, space travel has been reserved for the select few. Now, with private companies offering space travel opportunities to commercial passengers, accessible space travel could be closer than we think. But before we can visit space freely, we mu…

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The space race didn’t get off to the best start this year, with the UK’s first ever satellite mission ending in disappointment. The launch highlights how the failure of just one component can lead to the demise of an entire mission. But space waits for no one, and as the race continues, how can we best ensure that future mis…

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