21 March 2016
Using gravitational waves to search for Population III stars
...enigmatic signals could be used to learn more about Population III (Pop III) stars - a class of star theorised to have...the Big Bang. Nonetheless, despite intense searches, no Population III stars have ever been observed, so their existence is entirely...
June 2015
Great expectations: launch markets, SpaceX, China, and other new players
... before 2020. Japan, meanwhile, has plans to create the H-III vehicle, with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries being the main contractor. This ... will steadily decline. Later, around 2020, CZ-5/7 and H-III may join the scene. But these launch vehicles, just ...
20 February 2017
SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully on its way to the ISS
... will survey Earth’s upper atmosphere in a long-running Earth-observing program conducted by NASA since 1979 – SAGE III. SAGE, which stands for Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment, will be connected to the outside of the station...
November 2016
Hi-tech greenhouse to test plant cultivation technologies in Antarctica
...valuable nutrients. Project status The facility will be transported to Antarctica by a supply vessel to the vicinity of Neumayer Station III where it will be installed and undergo 12 months of operations The preliminary design of the EDEN ISS MTF was...
May 2017
Recipe for success on flights to Mars
... the early 1960s, though they did fly aboard Skylab III. Martha collects rocks. Today’s space food eaten aboard ...crew perspective. We were three of the six members of HI-SEAS Mission III, which gave us an insight into some of the issues that will be...
10 November 2021
NASA moves human lunar landing mission to 2025
... will be used with the HLS lunar lander on Artemis III. “There were a lot of requirements changes,” said Jim.... Even with a revised timeline for both HLS and the Artemis III mission, 2025 is still an extremely optimistic schedule. Before a lunar...
