May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
... volume-space. This design philosophy is also driven by resource limitations and sustainability. Today’s human exploration missions primarily revolve around the International Space Station (ISS). The ISS was designed as an international laboratory...
November 2019
PROSPECTing for lunar polar volatiles
... ESA Ministerial conference in November 2019, where new budgets for European space activities – including lunar exploration missions – will be allocated. Maximum temperatures of Permanently Shadowed Regions (PSRs) at the Lunar South Pole. Areas never...
August 2020
Interstellar aspirations
...star system within a generation. To achieve a transit time comparable to current long-term space exploration missions to the outer solar system, the Starshot mission would need to last a few decades at most. This requires a probe to travel about 1000...
September 2023
India signs up to the Artemis Accords
... risk of harmful interference. 6. Release of Scientific Data: commit to open sharing of scientific data arising from space exploration missions. Not mandatory for private-sector operations. 7. Preserving Outer Space Heritage: undertake to ensure new...
October 2023
Slovenia’s footprint in space
... robot concept is easily adaptable to different scientific applications of exploration and can be considered a potential technological solution for future scientific exploration missions. It also provides the capability of carrying small payloads...
April 2025
Strapped for success - from racetrack to orbit
.... These innovations would align with the growing vision of sustainable and scalable human presence on the Moon. As exploration missions push further into deep space, these systems will need to evolve to address new challenges, including prolonged...
