January 2018
When it comes to water Mars may not be the promised land
...The low heat flow coincided with the end of the paroxysmal phase of volcanism, which formed the largest volcanic centres of Mars, ...billion years, at a time that coincided with the strongest phase of volcanism that Mars had ever witnessed. The energy ...
May 2018
Woman on the Moon
..., which glowed under gallery spotlights. There were eight smaller ‘Phases of the Moon’ all being created in 2012 and, later...Book Fair and London College of Communication, which depicts the phases and seas of the Moon by using the reflective qualities ...
October 2018
Could salty brines be the key to microbial life on Mars?
...environments, they also allow the water to remain in the liquid phase in the cold climatic conditions that exist at the surface of ..., they also allow the water to remain in the liquid phase in the cold climatic conditions that exist at the surface of...
November 2018
BepiColombo – a mission to explore Mercury
... will be released first, after which an additional thrust phase will insert the European MPO into its final orbit, ... the heat. Because it will not be spinning during the cruise phase, it is thermally protected by a sunshield. Artist’s impression of ...
December 2018
Coffee roasting in space
.... Our Coffee Roasting Capsule (CRC) is designed to survive the launch, re-entry and landing phases of flight. It uses the physics of phase changing fluids to harness heat during re-entry and safely distribute it to the roasting chambers. This...
January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
... Various mechanisms have been developed to improve the reliability of capture on orbit. Even before capture, the mission phases of rendezvous and proximity operations must be developed using safe approach trajectories; there must be redundant sensors...
