November 2016
Rosetta - an eventful cruise phase
... managed to quickly recover back to a nominal situation. Earth Flyby 2 from the OSIRIS Camera. These alarming events indicated to us that it was better to abandon our plans just to contact the spacecraft on a monthly basis. We therefore implemented...
October 2019
Asgardia’s calendar and its role in space industrialisation strategy
... stars, of which 13 zodiacal constellations are on the ecliptic. The calendar is based on atomic clocks and is designed to indicate a single time in all possible spacecraft, including the Earth as one such ‘equipotential spacecraft’. This article...
February 2021
Supporting sustainable lunar development
... humanity and shared responsibility to each other and to nature, if phenomena like the overview effect are any indication. The future of Earth depends on our future in space. The frameworks we establish now to support the settlement of space...
July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
... astronauts (spin-ins). Design projects, research and experience are revealing the strategic role of design in space, indicating in which fields it can intervene and in which contexts its competences and skills are most required. The...
28 June 2016
Oxides discovered on Mars hint at an oxygen-rich past
The discovery of manganese oxides in Martian rocks found by NASA's Curiosity rover, indicate that higher levels of atmospheric oxygen once existed on the Red Planet, making it more Earth-like than ...
30 November 2020
Researchers discover solid phosphorus in comet 67P
... now, was phosphorus. “This result completes the detection of life-necessary CHNOPS-elements in solid cometary matter, indicating cometary delivery as a potential source of these elements to the young Earth,” say the team in their research paper...
