01 April 2020
JAXA and NASA astronauts announced for first operational Crew Dragon flight
... and Victor Glover Jr., as well as Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), for a six-month expedition aboard the unique space laboratory. This mission will be the first in a series of regular, rotational flights to the...
29 July 2020
NASA announces astronauts to fly on SpaceX Crew-2 mission to ISS
... aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in 2012 for a 124-day visit to the station. Pesquet previously flew as part of Expeditions 50 and 51, launching aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft and spending 196 days in space. NASA’s Commercial Crew Program...
December 2014
Terraforming Mars: from CFCs to Total Recall
... much of their time underground to avoid overexposure. This nevertheless seems feasible, and it might be a way for scientific expeditions to remain on Mars for long time periods and to thoroughly explore its surface. Thus, I’m confident that there...
October 2015
Eating in space: from Michelin-starred chefs to self-sufficiency
...-term and long-range missions remains some way off. Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko (left) and Science Officer ... feasible the further a mission travels from Earth. If long-term expeditions are to become a reality, requiring up to five years of...
August 2016
Fireflies and saucers
...’t preclude her from a further Space Shuttle mission (STS-93) and a stint on the International Space Station during Expeditions 26 and 27. She is pictured in the Cupola of the ISS in April 2011. A request from a member of Congress is a serious matter...
January 2017
Blueprint for NASA’s journey to Mars
... missions of 1000 days and more. The expedition begins with the prepositioning of mission elements that...with the elements pre-placed via SEP to form a unique expedition-class planetary science vehicle capable of supporting human exploration sorties to...
