July 2018
Using algae to support astronauts on deep space missions
... to Mars; if you extrapolate these rates to a four-crew, three-year mission, just the resupply mass itself accumulates ...pointed out but the side-effects would most likely intoxicate crew members leading to decreased performance or, in the worst-case ...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... Boeing’s Starliner and SpaceX’s Dragon - designed to carry crew to low Earth orbit (LEO). But these commercial enterprises...of propellant (hydrogen and oxygen) to fuel a large crewed spacecraft to Mars. Former United Launch Alliance chief scientist ...
January 2021
Taking out the trash in space
... becomes an even bigger issue. Rigorous housekeeping to ensure crews remain safe and healthy on future deep space missions will ... decent and landing manoeuvre or to reduce volume so that the crew does not have to be surrounded by their trash on a long...
March 2022
What space taught me about water
...space is to recycle water from every available source, including crew members’ own urine and sweat. Nicole Stott with the... predict it and protect it as it cycles around our world.” Crew members aboard the ISS share a ‘toast’ of purified recycled water...
21 August 2020
A small air leak has been found on the International Space Station, says NASA
... the source,” and stressed that the leak is still within segment specifications. It presents no immediate danger to the crew or the space station, NASA added. The atmosphere in the off-word laboratory is normally maintained at a pressure comfortable...
August 2018
America’s ‘dream machine’
... survive a small hull breach. November’s free-flight test crew team photo. Our return mission scenario is very flexible: ...assumed responsibility for managing the Dream Chaser cargo and crew systems development, leading the programme through the design...
