October 2021
Russia and China – a new space axis
... two lunar bases: one American and one Chinese/Russian. The peaceful, non-conflicting establishment of bases in Antarctica (such as Mirny, McMurdo, Zhongshan) in the post-war period is an encouraging precedent. Russia’s Luna 25 under test. About...
29 April 2020
Scientists discover ancient nitrogen-bearing organic material in martian meteorite
... martian meteorite that crash landed in Antarctica has been found to contain nitrogen-... meteorite, named Allan Hills (ALH) 84001, after the region in Antarctica it was found in, contains orange-coloured carbonate minerals, which precipitated from...
December 2014
Ready for Mars? From Mars-500 to zero-gravity medical issues
...astronauts on long missions healthy and able to undertake exploration on the Martian surface The station at Concordia in Antarctica is the closest thing on Earth to interplanetary exploration. ESA is studying the effects of isolation there to prepare...
October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
... changes in thickness of ice floating in the oceans and the ice sheet thickness that blankets Greenland and Antarctica. When combined with other satellite data, analyses showing how the volume of Earth’s ice is changing leads...
February 2016
Shifting Space Perspectives: Artistic Research as Connective Research Area
... both a model for a space simulation habitat for an upcoming lunar surface mission and for a research station in Antarctica, since it can withstand temperatures between -50C and +50C. As a simulation test-bed for preparing human missions...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
... half of that land area is truly viable for year round habitation when one eliminates most parts of Antarctica, the Arctic north, Siberia, the most severe mountain ranges and the most arid desert regions...
