December 2021
All for one and one for all – recommendations for a sustainable future in lunar exploration
...re-evaluate international partnership boundaries, specifically pertaining to collaboration bans and information sharing, in order to expedite lunar exploration and enhance innovation. 5. Permanent human presence on the Moon should begin with a single...
March 2022
What space taught me about water
... members’ own urine and sweat. Nicole Stott with the first painting completed on the 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...
June 2022
Pandemic parallels
... are not unique to space exploration. There has been a significant amount of research conducted in the context of polar expeditions and the similarities with long-duration spaceflight. It is suggested here that the lessons learned from the...
January 2023
The effects of spaceflight on the female body
..., studying the state of astronauts’ musculoskeletal system becomes particularly relevant. During lunar and extraterrestrial expeditions, the human musculoskeleton will have to function in new conditions, different from orbital flights, when...
January 2023
Producing food in space
... their trip. This is the minimum amount and it excludes the mass of the water required. Since the expeditions could well be longer, space travellers will have to rely on having the means to grow food and process...
September 2023
Satellite manufacturing - building to size, speed and security
... maintain a reliable resource for the space industry. Speed was another question: how will we facilitate and expedite satellite output and enhance productivity? In addition to skilled labour, Terran Orbital has implemented robotic assembly automation...
