May 2021
NASA’s women of inspiration
... Engineer. As well as working on the Mars2020 rover as Phase Lead for Robotic Arm Science, she also worked on Curiosity ensuring sampling remained dust free. In addition to her work, Diana has been actively involved in programmes inspiring...
January 2023
Evolving human space culture – reflections on humanity’s cultural potential in space
... only thing that saves us from ourselves. The second reason is that we are, by nature, explorers. The same curiosity that sends us to the stars at the speed of thought, urges us to go there in reality. And whenever we make a great new...
October 2024
Space exploration remains a crucial endeavour for humanity
... to the wonders of space and the principles of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), these programmes ignite curiosity and passion for exploration and innovation from an early age. The influence of space exploration extends across...
October 2024
Space industry trajectory under the spotlight of cultural anthropology
..., more, we stopped, accepted what we were given, and spent all that pent-up passion and wonder and curiosity on harnessing the deepest, hottest hydrothermal vents, the blistering desert sun, windswept northern oceans and frozen...
13 March 2015
ESA re-entry vehicle could pave way for reusable launcher
... a supersonic parachute made by U.S.-based Zodiac Aerospace, the same company which produced the parachutes for NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover landing system and the space shuttle’s drag chutes. Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean is expected...
16 March 2016
Fog looms large on Titan
... the surface of Titan - clouds are seen in movies from the surface of mars, taken by the MSL rover curiosity - and instead we came across these features which don't appear to be consistent with clouds,” explains Smith. The...
