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...
February 2022
Nutritional issues on interplanetary spaceflights
... for the period of acute adjustment, which include liquid or pureed meals, hot drinks, fruit and berry juices with pulp and cottage cheese spreads with a variety of pureed fruit and berry additives. To ensure physiologically...
April 2024
Agencia Espacial Española – Spain’s future assurance
... and Ka-band. It provides routine support to deep-space missions including Mars Express, Gaia, BepiColombo, Solar Orbiter, Juice and Euclid. It will also support future ESA deep-space missions such as Hera, PLATO and Comet...
