June 2022
Finnish start-up ReOrbit aims to revolutionise space industry
... to recover autonomously from non-nominal or emergency situations. So, where a less autonomous satellite would switch to emergency mode, stop providing services and wait for ground control to solve the problem, a more autonomous satellite would ...
January 2023
The effects of spaceflight on the female body
... of the bone directly under isolation conditions and showed multidirectional changes, presumably associated with different modes of physical training in the participants. The results of the instrumental measurements and biomaterial analysis will...
February 2023
How to grow plants in a spacecraft
... the disadvantage of needing to be cooked before consumption. Another factor to consider is the reproductive system and the pollination mode of the plants, because animals (such as insects) are not allowed on board. A list of potential crops to grow...
01 December 2014
Rosetta comet success SpaceShipTwo
... officials were delighted with the initial 80 per cent data stream success. It is hoped that the sleep-mode that Philae is in may change and, once sunlight is received to on-board solar panels, the lander may recharge...
01 December 2014
Orion service module contract for Airbus
... and new waste management systems. It will soon be tested atop a Delta Heavy rocket in December 2014 in uncrewed mode, during the EFT-1 test flight out to 5,800 km beyond low-Earth orbit. An Orion launch on the heavy...
05 February 2016
SpaceX' Ambitious Plans Discussed at Commercial Space Transportation Conference
... the luxury in years past of having to build only a few rockets a year,” she said, “so we really weren’t in a production mode.” Last year would have been the first to require a high production rate of the rocket, she said...
