January 2020
Commercialising space exploration and development
...builds research and manufacturing systems into compact smart containers, called CubeLabs, installed in hubs on the International Space Station (ISS). We want to see the market develop and so, as much as possible, we try not to patent. However, at the...
July 2021
Commercial space stations - fulfilling the dream
... doesn’t have it. What we’ve been looking at is how we can provide that internationally. Dream Chaser is contracted to NASA for resupply missions to the International Space Station (ISS). Do you think big pharma, maybe, has enough money to be the...
March 2022
What space taught me about water
... Nicole Stott is one of them. Stott’s experience of living and working on the International Space Station (ISS) is summarised in her book, Back to Earth: What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet - And Our Mission to Protect it. Referring...
October 2024
Cupola views: Karen Nyberg’s space-inspired fabric lines
... in 1991 and was selected for the NASA Astronaut Corp in 2000, participating in two missions to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2008 and 2013, accumulating 180 days in space. As a mission specialist on STS-124 she rode on was part of a crew...
August 2016
International cooperation drives Germany’s space ambitions
In space research, the International Space Station (ISS) is a symbol of peaceful interational collaboration in Earth orbit, and is intended to be used intensively as a one-of-a-kind laboratory for cutting-...
July 2018
Using algae to support astronauts on deep space missions
... spacecraft too. High-level mass streams in an algal life support system. To support astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS), we currently resupply about seven tons of water and five tons of food a year. This is in addition to the...
