April 2021
Space industry trends in the pandemic
... progress in 2020, successfully delivering historic missions to Mars and the first commercial human spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS). This year could be even better, suggests Josephine Millward. The year 2020 set a record for...
December 2018
Coffee roasting in space
... sensing. More ambitious projects - lunar and Mars rovers, planetary probes and human exploration aboard the International Space Station (ISS) - have become commonplace. Now, at the dawn of the NewSpace era, we are starting to see innovative new...
June 2019
Does the speed of light change with time?
... understanding of the universe? In a year’s time the Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) is scheduled to fly aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station (ISS). The goal of ACES, put simply, is to build a better clock - but...
June 2020
Astrovan II - your ride to space is here
... But when you think about astronaut transportation, it’s usually an image of rockets launching or spacecraft docking with the International Space Station (ISS) that comes to mind. First, however, the astronauts have to get to the launch pad… and that...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
...exploration directions. Other nations may well follow and, like the International Space Station (ISS), this approach could involve collective national initiatives. European Space Agency (ESA) Director General, Jan Woerner, is among those enthusiastic...
January 2021
Taking out the trash in space
...in as many reusable scenarios as possible. Currently, waste generated during a mission such as on the International Space Station (ISS) is either carried on board the spacecraft during the mission or stored inside a logistics module, such as a Cygnus...
