January 2016
200 Days in Space: Living in Orbit
...like science fiction - but it’s reality. As human beings we can go to space and we have a destination there. It’s the International Space Station. I like to call it humanity’s outpost in space. Samantha Cristoforetti Without any doubt, it is the most...
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 ...
January 2017
Mini space station for mice to study effects of reproduction in reduced gravity
... during short-duration (around two weeks) flight experiments aboard free flying satellites, the Space Shuttle, and the International Space Station (ISS). Longer duration (months and years) rodent analogue reproduction experiments aboard the ISS...
March 2017
Space is open for business
... to take advantage of the amazing thing we have created in the International Space Station.” There was much talk about the value and benefits resulting from the International Space Station (ISS), a global platform for research and development with...
September 2017
Space nation set to mark its presence in orbit
.... Asgardia-1 will be deployed from Orbital ATK’s Cygnus OA-8 resupply spacecraft due to launch this autumn to the International Space Station (ISS). The nano satellite is 10 x 20 x 20 cm and has eight batteries and four deployable solar arrays, and...
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...
