April 2019
Scanning the skies for exoplanets
... dense than Earth, it cannot be just rocky - it probably has a rocky core surrounded by an atmosphere,” explained Diana Dragomir, a Hubble Fellow at the MIT Kavli Institute and lead author of a paper describing the find. Although that is notable...
May 2020
Mixed reality in the design of space habitats
... orientation and navigation skills. For example, VR was used to train astronauts in the repair and maintenance of the Hubble Space Telescope, as a pre-flight adaptation training tool and as emergency egress and evacuation training for intra...
July 2020
Life in the universe – common or not?
..., but also in the observable universe. No intelligent life can travel beyond the size of the observable universe. Hubble image showing the giant red nebula (NGC 2014) and its smaller blue neighbour (NGC 2020...
September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
... Radar, as well as returned space-exposed surfaces from the Solar Max, Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF), Hubble Space Telescope and the Space Shuttle. The US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) maintains a catalogue of known orbital objects...
January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
... sector, he has worked across science, applications and engineering on some of Europe’s iconic space missions such as Giotto, Hubble, Envisat, Beagle 2, Lisa Pathfinder and ExoMars. In 2014 he took up a new role at the UK Space Agency as Head...
March 2021
Eyes on the prize
... Nesta, he worked in space public relations including with ESA in Munich, coordinating European media relations for the Hubble Space Telescope.
