July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
... and model building. It is therefore no great surprise that Lego has embarked on its own small space programme. Entering space Space is increasingly an integral part of our culture… It is therefore no great surprise that Lego has embarked on its...
March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
... impact and likelihood. Amid more commonly known natural hazards, space weather is now recognised as a key natural hazard of the... while its indirect impact is correlated to the fact that space weather can heat the upper atmosphere and cause it to ...
September 2023
The Institute of Biomedical Problems - Sixty years of contributing to the development of space biomedicine
... the Institute was formed by the Ministry of Defence’s laboratories of the State Research Testing Institute of Aviation and Space Medicine of the Ministry of Health’s Institute of Biophysics. At the same time, IBMP was being reinforced with qualified...
April 2025
Pioneering human reproduction in space
... the pioneers tackling this complex issue is SpaceBorn United, a Netherlands-based company leading early research into space procreation. In this article, CEO Dr Egbert Edelbroek shares insights into the groundbreaking journey his company – alongside...
August 2016
The promise of space tourism
... scene and not merely watching it anymore. The reality of space travel could be overwhelming. Earth out the window is never ... and inventors. Today’s students don’t view living and working in space or on Mars as science fiction, they see it as the ...
May 2017
World needs strong space governance system
... abandoning of the international institutions that remained, until the mid-1970s, the global centre for space diplomacy. For space-related affairs, the most important of such institutions is the UN (United Nations), particularly its Committee on the...
