December 2014
Ready for Mars? From Mars-500 to zero-gravity medical issues
... by the use of drugs. ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst using the International Space Station’s Advanced Resistive Exercise Device to keep fit. Astronauts need to spend up to two hours each day working out to counteract the loss of bone...
December 2014
Asteroid Redirect Mission: preparing for Mars in deep space
... recognition that some extraterrestrial samples are best returned inside well-sealed and climate-controlled containment devices.5 This is not only to protect the crew from contamination, but also to preserve the scientific integrity of the...
December 2014
Skolkovo and a new breed of Russian space startups
... clocks for space and Earth use; Azmerit, which provides innovative solutions in small-scale star tracking devices for attitude control of micro satellites; and Lin Industrial, which is working to create an ultra lightweight rocket that...
December 2014
Finding NEO
... contribute to the worldwide democratisation of science. LSST will be in some sense an internet telescope: the ultimate network peripheral device to explore the universe, and a shared resource for all humanity.
March 2015
Space weather: the public & policy
... extended power cuts, e.g. alternative lighting and cooking systems such as for camping, solar chargers for mobile devices, battery-powered radios, as well as traditional backups such as candles and wood fires. Community resilience focused more...
March 2015
Sky links: from multi-satellite systems to nano-launchers
... new standardised SC has become necessary. The only remaining issue is choosing the typical module size – from a device placed in a standard case, to a block containing a self-sufficient system set that is an independent SC, meant to be combined with...
