SpaceFlight Vol 62 No 02 – February 2020

White Knight or White Elephant?
As NASA mulls over prospects for the International Space Station, is it time to retire this world-class laboratory?

Reflections from the Kuiper Belt
Alan Stern muses over the outstanding discoveries and flight performance of the New Horizons spacecraft.

Ticket to Ride
Wings may be carrying astronauts back to the ISS as a commercial provider edges toward a first flight test.

Designs for Living on another world
Mark Yates FBIS visited the Design Museum in London for a simulated Mars experience.

Journey to a Chaotic Moon
Dwayne A. Day looks at a proposal to send a low-cost probe to Neptune’s moon Triton.

North Stars
David Todd reports from RISpace in Belfast and Alistair Scott identifies winners of the Sir Arthur Clarke Awards.

REGULARS

Behind the news
Community Spirit …and a scoop for NASA too!

Opinion

ISS Report
9 November – 8 December 2019

Multi-media
The latest space-related books, games, videos

Letters to the Editor

Satellite Digest
565 – November 2019

Society news / Diary
What’s happened/ What’s coming up