February 2017
UN strategy lifts capacity for non-spacefaring countries
... from developing countries the opportunity to deploy cube satellites from the Japanese Kibo module of the International Space Station (ISS). With JAXA, we recently selected the first successful candidates for this programme - a team from the...
June 2018
Space 2080 a future perspective
... carried the first men into Earth orbit would one day be replaced by international cooperation? This was the case with regard to the International Space Station (ISS), the starting point for a real multi-national cooperation project. There were...
May 2020
Space for Art – The magnificent beauty of spaceflight
There’s nothing better than a spaceship to bring together the wonder of space, science and art. As we push forward to launching new spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) and on to the Moon and Mars, and as more commercial activities ...
July 2020
Key technologies for space exploration
... for NASA, moving cargo to and from the International Space Station (ISS), for which the launch window opens in late 2021... it needs to manoeuvre in close proximity to the International Space Station, dock, un-dock, re-enter the atmosphere and land...
August 2020
Interplanetary spaceflight and restorative justice
... long-duration missions on the International Space Station (ISS) featuring crews of ‘astronauts’...minimise the risk of jeopardising the mission. Living quarters concept for deep space missions of 30 to 60 days accommodating four crew members. At about...
August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
... variant of it. The American systems under development are all variations on the 1960s capsule theme. While the International Space Station (ISS) is larger and more capable than the 1970s Salyuts and Skylab, it is not a step change and, to emphasise...
