July 2019
Developing life support systems for human exploration missions beyond Earth
... conduct investigations that will reveal new scientific knowledge, spur economic opportunities and prepare for future missions to Mars. The orbiting depot, designated as the ‘Gateway’, will initially serve as a rendezvous point for integrating assets...
April 2021
Space industry trends in the pandemic
...tremendous progress in 2020, successfully delivering historic missions to Mars and the first commercial human spaceflight to ... of the Moon and, in July, launched its first mission to Mars. Then, in December, China’s Chang’e-5 spacecraft made history...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
...-century mark of inaction. The Artemis Program aims to establish a sustainable human presence on the Moon in preparation for missions to Mars and here Gabriel Swiney describes the journey to the creation of the Artemis Accords and why he believes...
July 2018
Using algae to support astronauts on deep space missions
... equipment, is captured using the Canadarm2 robotic arm on the ISS. Deliveries like this would be impossible during a mission to Mars or extended stays on the Martian surface. One of the drawbacks of algal systems in the early days was the...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
... (2021) was a breakthrough year in the space industry. It witnessed the first all-civilian spaceflight, three successful missions to Mars, the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope and a record US$12.4 billion investment of private capital in the...
April 2025
Lego’s tribute to NASA’s SLS and Artemis
... in this hubbub of rocketry? Preparing for a return of astronauts to the Moon and, perhaps in the longer term, a crewed mission to Mars. The NASA programme dedicated to this task is called Artemis, after Apollo’s twin sister in Greek mythology, and...
