09 April 2016
Flawless launch for SpaceX Dragon
... conditions to test the viability of expandable space habitats, assess the impact of antibodies on muscle wasting, use protein crystal growth to aid the design of new disease-fighting drugs and investigate how microbes could affect the...
09 May 2016
Ancient silicate grains reveal histories of stardust in the Galaxy
... amorphous in nature, meaning that they lacked a clearly defined shape – the opposite to a crystalline structure. However silicate crystals were also identified and these were identified at originating within a red giant and likely formed at higher...
January 2019
Materials make the space mission
... impact on semiconductors and electronic devices. Energetic particles displace silicon atoms from their proper crystal lattice locations, creating crystal defects, changing the electrical properties of the device and leading to circuit failure. This...
February 2020
Opportunity knocks for UK space industry
... the international market. ISS Expedition 57 astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor mixing protein crystal samples to help scientists understand how they work. Proteins crystallized in microgravity are often higher in quality than those grown on Earth and...
May 2024
Out of this world – NASA’s textile technicians and innovations for space voyages
... reduce textile waste, recycle plastic and create amazing designs for customised items. LCP fibre Liquid Crystal Polymer is an aromatic polymer with excellent mechanical and electro-optical properties, thermal and dimensional stability of fibres...
15 December 2015
First British Astronaut Leaves for ISS Today
... and biotechnology, astrophysics research. Peake particularly called out a medical research task, where they will grow crystals from disease-causing proteins in microgravity. Because there is so little to disturb the protein growth, they will be able...
