24 August 2022
Moon mission's human-rated European Service Module is giant leap for ESA
...Joseph Aschbacher, said the inspirational impact of the Apollo lunar landings was still felt today. “With this mission ... to go back to the Moon and ultimately establish a Lunar Gateway that is 1000 times further out in space than the International...
23 September 2024
Japan in Space: Past, Present and Future
... the partnership on the ISS. This is expected to continue with collaboration in the Artemis lunar programme and the possibility of Japanese astronauts on the Lunar Gateway station. As a final conclusion, the author predicts that “Japan will continue...
December 2019
Human conception and childbirth in space
...manifesting serious space programmes, in many cases united in coalitions such as the International Space station and Lunar Gateway. However, this is counterbalanced by a recent trend of initiating national Space Forces and, following the announcement...
April 2020
Reviving Russia’s space programme
... to have been frozen and the newest squad of cosmonauts is already training to fly it. For Orel to reach the Lunar Gateway - the international project to replace the ISS - it will require a new heavy-lift launcher, the design of which...
October 2020
Superconductors - key to unlocking high power space missions
... Space Station, the highest power spacecraft currently in orbit are at the 20kW mark. With the approaching Lunar Gateway mission (50kW), and ESA’s Mars Sample Return mission (40kW), both scheduled for launch within the...
January 2023
Portugal’s sustainable space strategy
... companies involved in missions such as ExoMars, Mars Sample Return, the International Habitation Module (I-HAB) part of the Lunar Gateway, the future European Large Logistic Lander (EL3) and the Columbus module at the International Space Station...
