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...
May 2026
Mars exploration – the nuclear option
...launch windows, orbital alignments and even mid-mission contingencies. Such responsiveness opens the door to faster crew transfers, more agile robotic missions, and perhaps even a permanent cadence of interplanetary travel - one no longer constrained...
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...
