July 2020
Covid-19 infects global space community
... Aerospace won a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award in April, matched by private venture capital, to expedite deployment of artificial intelligence analytics to the US Air Force. In addition, a US$2 trillion stimulus bill included...
August 2020
Opportunities for young people in the space sector
...-Ecological Life Support System Alternative) project to develop closed-loop life support for future deep-space expeditions. Giant leaps for the future Large parts of the sector (on Earth and in space) are heavily reliant...
September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
... using drag sails, solar sails, or some inflatable structure that increases the overall drag on the spacecraft, expediting the gradual decay of spacecraft orbit. For active debris removal (ADR) methods, on the other hand, the...
June 2021
How time perception as a spaceflight stress indicator
..., has been a part of the official science programme of the International Space Station’s Russian segment since Expedition 44 in 2015. While studying individual coping strategies of cosmonauts it was discovered that manifestations of individual...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
... shoulders in the weightless environment of the Kibo lab module, with Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA enjoying the fun (Expedition 65, April 2021). Negotiations By the spring of 2020, we were ready to share text with our partners. The focus...
September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
... of Iranian descent. She blasted off for an eight-day visit to the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 14 crew on Soyuz TMA-9. Adopting a functionalist approach would remove the uncertainty of trying to establish whether a craft has...
