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May 2021
Forecasting space-weather effects on Earth
...but magnetic field variations on the ground, due to the electric currents in the near-Earth space environment, can intensify during a geomagnetic storm and adversely affect compass navigation. For the most... National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder. Dr Nair’s research interests include geomagnetic field processing and ...
May 2020
Space astronomy at the limits of technology
... Observatories - Hubble, Compton, Chandra and Spitzer – which gives him a fairly unique perspective on space science. ROOM’s US editor, Amanda Miller, delves into his engineering background and the key technologies of the...optical surfaces, so you have to cool them as much as possible. An artist’s concept depicting the Spitzer Space Telescope in space much as it would appear at the end of its mission on 30 January 2020, with a backdrop depicting...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
...as a TV satellite in GEO remains above the same point on the ground as Earth rotates. The diagram above shows the basic physics for an Earth Space Elevator concept. The green line marks the combined potential of gravity and... to carry its own weight with low or no taper from GEO down to the ground in Earth’s gravity field. A proposed limit strength for an Earth Space Elevator is 30 MYuri. A MYuri (Mega-Yuri), named after Yuri Artsutanov, one of the...
July 2019
Stepping into space with STEAM
..., yes, settlers too, are currently to be found in classrooms around the world. And as our world embraces space science and space exploration on a whole new level, it is imperative that we address the question: “How will we thrive, ...community. Holly is on the advisory boards for global organisations such as Space Vault, Finsophy, and STEM for Women magazine. She also sits on the Space Economy Task Force in Austin, Texas. Jeff Smith is a Material ...
March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
... it from scientific curiosity to commercially-recognised threat. Historically, awareness of space hazards was limited to countries with operational space science missions, but the growing volume and variety of infrastructure interconnections has changed...events can be monitored using low or medium resolution satellites such as the GOES geostationary Earth observation satellites and polar-orbiting satellites such as Landsat and SPOT. Data from polar...
October 2024
Off-Earth risks to the human skeleton
... may decrease further in the early return to Earth, as the adaptive bone remodelling mechanism responds to the ‘returning’ mechanical load on the skeleton. Space missions lasting one year or more are of ... of Bone & Metabolic Effects of Microgravity Research Laboratory at the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBMP RAS). He has a PhD in Medicine. Anna R Kussmaul is Senior Researcher, Deputy Head of Department ...
September 2023
The Institute of Biomedical Problems - Sixty years of contributing to the development of space biomedicine
... IBMP experts - in collaboration with related institutions and organisations of the Russian Space Agency and the Academy of Sciences - have scientifically substantiated, developed and put into practice a system of spaceflight...active part in international medical and biological research on the Salyut-6, Salyut-7 and Mir Earth-orbiting space stations involving experts and cosmonaut-researchers from Czechoslovakia, Poland, East Germany, Bulgaria, ...
September 2023
How microorganisms survive space travel
..., is one of the most important studies in space science, as it impacts not only crew survival on long-term space missions, but also the implications of contamination – from space to Earth or from Earth to space. Here, the authors describe a number of space-based experiments in the field. One...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
...The closest example of real space technology to the 10,000-vote target appeared to be the SLS/Artemis set (at 2678), but one should not underestimate the competition from science fiction (Red Dwarf’s Starbug... to the space industry, space insurance and space education sectors. He is the author of six books, including The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology and Space: The Fragile Frontier, has edited three space industry magazines and written ...
