November 2017
Radiation protection for space colonists and travellers
...use the mass that is already on board to protect the crew of long-distance missions to Mars. Supplies, equipment and launch...Engineers are working on several ways to protect future space crews or colonists from very high energy galactic radiation. One ...
22 November 2019
NASA and Boeing celebrate roll out of Starliner despite dispute over costs
... to the International Space Station (ISS), Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule has started preparations for its first unpiloted test flight... other systems, which has caused delays to their first crew launches by several years. Something that has not gone...
12 May 2016
Boeing CST-100 Flight Postponed Until 2018
...Boeing had indicated it planned to carry out that initial crewed flight before the end of 2017, although she made no...“aspiration” for Boeing to be the first U.S. company to fly a crewed spacecraft to the ISS, in part because the company is the prime ...
06 October 2016
Blue Origin New Shepard abort system test successful
... abort system. On October 5 th, 2016, the crew capsule and the propulsion module had both safely landed at ...webcast, ““Today’s mission is totally focused on a successful crew capsule escape with the understanding that the booster will likely be...
June 2017
Automated or human-operated systems?
.... Human dependability Human dependability is about the contribution of a crew member in a space system to safety and reliability. Machines... method. It was validated in a case study on crew-ground interactions at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) and...
06 July 2016
The next trio of intrepid explorers head to the ISS
...the spacecraft’s solar arrays. The newly arrived Expedition 48-49 crew will be greeted by Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams of...and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and together, the crew members will continue the several hundred experiments in biology...
