October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
... on water ice, minerals and volatiles, including nitrogen, CO2, ammonia, methane and sulphur dioxide. A miniaturised lab ...Sabatier in 1910, the system involves the reaction of hydrogen with CO2 at a high temperature, between 200-400 degrees C. With ...
March 2017
Growing plastic-producing bacteria in space
... design a biological system that uses the abundant CO2 and naturally available sunlight to produce essential bio ...the designed biological system, a photosynthetic cyanobacterium, which uses CO2 as a carbon source and sunlight for energy, produces ...
July 2019
Developing life support systems for human exploration missions beyond Earth
...laboratory module (Destiny) included an open-loop carbon dioxide (CO2) removal assembly, a trace contaminant control assembly, a cabin... of that oxygen is now being reclaimed from the captured CO2. Artist’s concept of NASA’s Deep Space Gateway in lunar...
24 January 2020
New study suggests Enceladus' oceans more habitable than previously thought
... at the Southwest Research Institute, Texas has developed a new geochemical model that reveals that carbon dioxide (CO2) from within Enceladus may be controlled by chemical reactions at its seafloor; results that build on previous studies suggesting...
January 2018
When it comes to water Mars may not be the promised land
... is unlikely as methane has also been detected on Mars and might be trapped in the polar caps along with CO2. If this is the case, then these numbers represent a significant setback for many scientists and wealthy space...
November 2018
Monitoring illegal rainforest deforestation
...or eliminating the loss of forests and the selective removal of trees (a process referred to as degradation) - would reduce CO2 emissions. Surveillance of forests from space is essential in order to obtain valuable and constant data necessary for the...
