January 2018
Shielding the human genome
... more antibioticresistant capabilities resulting from exposure to zero gravity and other environmental factors. The challenge facing NASA? Neutralise these species without chemicals, antibiotics, acids and solvents. And just in case that problem was...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
...technology-driven human space exploration paradigm. About the author Tibor Balint is a Principal Human Centred Designer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and an Adjunct Faculty Member at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. His...
January 2020
Apollo girl - camaraderie and discrimination in the Apollo era
...labour-management process, one that stressed professionalism, honesty and, above all, a mutual commitment to achieving the NASA mission through fair, equitable and respectful treatment of employees. Mariners 8 and 9 were designed to be the first Mars...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
...owned and operated by the US government; for Artemis NASA is contracting commercial services, relying on private industry to... of these were longstanding counterparts with a history of NASA collaboration on the International Space Station (ISS) such ...
March 2015
Dawn of ion propulsion
...of Star Trek, Star Wars, and other fanciful stories. NASA’s Deep Space 1 (DS1) mission, which tested ion ...exceptional capability of the ion propulsion system. Without that technology, NASA’s Discovery Program would not have been able to afford a ...
June 2015
Innovation at escape velocity: from NASA’s Apollo to SpaceX
... an initial goal of reducing cost per pound of cargo to orbit to $1,000.11 This figure is traceable to a series of studies fostered by NASA and the US Department of Defense from the 1970s–90s.12 Those studies pointed to launch costs as the constraint...
