January 2022
Earth - no longer humanity’s only home
... they must carry. On the way, they will be exposed to more radiation than has ever been experienced in human spaceflight. They will need protection from that exposure, and in that respect the timing of the mission will...
22 June 2020
Virgin Galactic announces an agreement with NASA for private orbital spaceflight to the ISS
... the signing of a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Johnson Space Center to encourage commercial participation in orbital human spaceflight to the International Space Station (“ISS”) while enabling the development of a robust economy in Low Earth Orbit...
July 2014
Is there a space race or are India and China just coming of age?
... the country will ever take that step is unclear. Compared to robotic spaceflight, manned travel is a significant leap in cost, difficulty and risk. "They talk about human spaceflight but I don't see the money there, I don't see them...
October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
... they must carry. On the way, they will be exposed to more radiation than has ever been experienced in human spaceflight. They will need protection from that exposure, and in that respect the timing of the mission will...
January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
...changing spaceflight capability, enabling mission profiles that are currently impossible to become possible. Conceived and designed for exploration of deep space, the primary purpose of SLS is to enable NASA’s journey to Mars and propel humans beyond...
May 2017
Growing plants without gravity
... these space experiments provided the necessary information to allow astronauts to control moisture for the first time in human spaceflight history. If at first you don’t succeed… During lengthy flights an experiment where something is grown can find...
