29 March 2018
Forever Young: a life of adventure in air and space
... peeved”: “Ever heard of stomach acid?”, he asked sarcastically. “I think I’ve got a pH factor of about three…because of the orange juice”. Then he turned to his crewmate and complained “I got the farts again, Charlie”, blaming the citrus overload...
October 2015
Eating in space: from Michelin-starred chefs to self-sufficiency
... a Gemini mission of the mid 1960s: hand wipe and food cubes are on the right and fruit juice is in the centre. Experiments with 3-D food printing are now underway, but it is difficult to see how this technology...
August 2016
International cooperation drives Germany’s space ambitions
... laser altimeter BELA as well as the infrared spectrometer MERTIS. Starting in 2022, the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) will be launched to investigate the gas giant and its moons. DLR will contribute the laser altimeter...
October 2017
Cassini observations open up Saturn’s atmosphere
... on the Cassini CIRS (thermal-infrared) instrument, and Interdisciplinary Scientist for ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission.
January 2019
Materials make the space mission
... or high temperatures as well as increased temperature ranges can occur. For example, the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) will perform detailed investigations of the Jupiter system at extremely low temperatures (even colder than -200 C at Jupiter...
07 July 2017
Unexpected large methanol find near Enceladus
..., other means in which to study the planets will be needed in order to fill the gap before missions such as JUICE get underway. “This finding shows that detections of molecules at Enceladus are possible using ground-based facilities...
