December 2014
India joins the major league with the Mars Orbiter Mission
... vehicle has so far carried about 40 foreign satellites (under a commercial agreement with Antrix Corporation, the business arm of ISRO) and 30 indigenous ones. This 44.4 metre tall rocket has logged nearly 25 successful launches since its...
June 2015
The day Philae landed: how a rough touchdown still made history at the Rosetta Mission
... trivial and so many people are involved that things became distracting. People were speaking on the voiceloop, arms were going up in triumph and celebrations were beginning. I was left thinking, ‘Did I miss something? Why does...
June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
... other military activity. See Blair Stephenson Kuplic (2014), ‘The Weaponization of Outer Space: Preventing an Extraterrestrial Arms Race.” North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, Vol 39, p.1123 27: Lotta Viikari, (2008...
October 2015
Baikonur, Kibo and beyond: Japan’s leading role in space
... and he is now conducting various assignments, including capturing the HTV (supply space vehicle), manipulating robot arms and carrying out scientific experiments. The experiments include protein crystallization, which is expected to be very valuable...
February 2016
A Moon of Their Own
... of containment and isolation, and to explore the impact of ‘head-to-seat’ acceleration during rides in the short-arm centrifuge (SAC). Electroencephalogram being performed on crew commander Elena Luchitskaya Luna-2015 began with a preparatory stage...
August 2016
International cooperation drives Germany’s space ambitions
... be the construction of habitats on the Moon or Mars. SpaceJustin, a humanoid upper body consisting of two Light-Weight Robot arms, two DLR-HIT Hands II, a torso and a head. serves as a development platform for human-centered telerobotics. In line...
