December 2014
Before Rosetta: Svetlana Gerasimenko’s story
... when we made a field trip to Almaty to observe short period comets. Klim Churyumov was the head of the expedition. After we analysed the data and realised that we had discovered a new comet, I returned to Almaty for further...
March 2015
SERC wants us all to get to grips with space junk
... quickly and seamlessly integrates those separate investments. SERC participation was initially limited to six entities, to expedite unanimous agreement on the complex arrangements required for establishment. Future annual intakes of one to two new...
March 2015
Dawn of ion propulsion
Now in the eighth year of its extraordinary extra-terrestrial expedition, the Dawn spacecraft is far from the planet where its journey began. While Earth has completed ...
October 2015
Baikonur, Kibo and beyond: Japan’s leading role in space
... Kononenko of Russia, Kjell Lingren of the USA and Kimiya Yui of Japan – all on their way to carry out Expeditions 44 and 45 on the ISS. Five hours and 42 minutes after launch, they’d arrived - which is much faster than...
October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
... astronaut I remember telling me about coming back to Earth with a different sense of home. Don was part of the Expedition 6 crew that was on the International Space Station in 2003 when we lost the Space Shuttle Columbia. He left...
January 2016
Space for Art
... opportunity to do such amazing stuff and work with such remarkable people. The first painting on ISS during Expedition 21 in October 2009. Nicole used a small watercolour kit as a basis for ‘The Wave’ based on a picture taken through...
