November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
...Station (ISS). These are significant accomplishments as far as human spaceflight is concerned, but we have been trapped in the ... with challenges. Technical and political obstacles aside, humans travelling to Mars will need food, water, protective...
October 2016
Project MOONWALK
... and in the case of the MOONWALK rover, new methods for human-robot interaction. Gandolfi II space simulations suit for underwater simulations Human spaceflight is an important catalyst not only to initiate the conceptualisation of such solutions...
July 2019
Developing life support systems for human exploration missions beyond Earth
... for over 40 years, developing and delivering hardware and software projects and advanced capabilities for human spaceflight. He is currently on a rotation away from his regular role as Assistant Director for Exploration Development Support, serving...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
..., quarantines astronauts before lift-off to reduce the likelihood of infecting fellow crewmembers. For the first US human spaceflight in close to a decade, SpaceX took similar precautions to ensure that everyone in contact with Demo-2 astronauts was...
October 2019
Reusability is key to expanding future space launch business
... is arguably in decline, but there is also the civil space market (scientific payloads and planetary missions) and human spaceflight and cargo (either to the International Space Station or, later, to the Moon). And finally there is the national...
August 2021
Born to juggle in space
... old, one of the oldest activities consistently performed by humans Humans are embodied beings: the ways we move and move ... would have only been apparent since the dawn of human spaceflight. The opportunity to throw a ball, experience the momentum...
