July 2021
Canadarm2 - 20 years of Canadian space robotics on the ISS
...programme in 2011. Its successor, the bigger, more complex Canadarm2, was extensively involved in the in-space assembly of the International Space Station (ISS). In the 20 years since it was first deployed the robotic arm, together with Dextre, a two...
January 2023
Private space stations and NASA’s effort to re-invent itself
The cost of building and operating the International Space Station (ISS) is difficult to pin down, but it may well be ‘north’ of US $200 billion dollars. The additional cost of operating the ISS throughout the 2020s to the end of its life in 2030 ...
July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
... in which fields it can intervene and in which contexts its competences and skills are most required. The International Space Station (ISS) is an inspiration, not least because it exemplifies two best practices that we would all do well to aspire...
12 October 2016
NASA to move ahead with plans for private ISS modules
... for companies wanting to add a commercial module to the ISS. NASA had issued a Request for Information earlier this year... of a Centaur upper stage into a commercial International Space Station module. According to the latest statement, NASA ...
04 August 2021
Starliner launch delayed indefinitely following "valve" problems
... the launch attempt after Russia’s Nauka module caused the International Space Station to spin following a thruster misfire. Boeing then rescheduled... has already performed a successful mission to the ISS with astronauts on board – a flight which made...
November 2016
Hi-tech greenhouse to test plant cultivation technologies in Antarctica
... Standard Payload Rack (ISPR) cultivation system for potential testing onboard the International Space Station (ISS). Furthermore, a Future Exploration Greenhouse (FEG) is designed with respect to future planetary bio-regenerative life support...
