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...
January 2019
Materials make the space mission
... can generate cracks, residual stresses, internal defects, corrosion, contamination and local damage. The highest loading phase of the overall space mission also occurs on the ground, particularly during static, acoustic and dynamic qualification...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
... 785-799, 1975. 9 B. C. Edwards, “The Space Elevator, Phase I Final Report, NIAC,” 31 October 2000. [Online]. Available: http://...16 July 2018]. 10 B. C. Edwards, “The Space Elevator, Phase II Final Report, NIAC,” 31 January 2003. [Online]. Available:...
