16 October 2020
When Simpson met Simpson
...’t end there. Soon after proposing his article for ROOM it became apparent they both lived in the same ...it was great to take the opportunity to actually meet someone connected to ROOM in person at a local coffee shop,” said Clive. “Life is always...
September 2016
Life in the extremes: confessions of an astrobiologist
... these types of microbes are found in so-called ‘clean rooms’, super clean facilities in space-related laboratories, where probes...prior to being launched into space. It is in these rooms that the greatest planetary protection efforts are put in place ...
September 2017
Europe needs facility to handle extra-terrestrial space material
...routinely used in cleanroom environments (i.e., by keeping the rooms under positive pressure, with a range of High Efficiency... requirement was developed at three scales, from the room scale (some rooms should allow for restructuring or a change of the...
November 2016
Hi-tech greenhouse to test plant cultivation technologies in Antarctica
... the full rack ISPR plant growth demonstrator (middle room in Figure 3). Future Exploration Greenhouse (FEG): the...multilevel plant growth racks operating in a precisely controlled environment (room at right in Figure 3). The Service Section houses the...
January 2017
Israeli students inspired by nano-satellite projects
...the area around the incident. Hoopoe (Duchifat-2) in clean room after integration with its payload (multi-Needle Langmuir Probe) deployed... is to be sent to QB50. Students in the clean room preparing Hoopoe for delivery to the launch site. Even though ...
February 2023
How to grow plants in a spacecraft
...issue of agriculture becoming too time-consuming. Indeed, the room needed to grow plants is not yet precisely defined and..., France) for his helpful comments. Editor’s note One of ROOM’s aims within the space community is to encourage young authors and...
