June 2014
In thrall to a star: understanding the Sun will help us understand our own climate and environment
... enhanced radiation environment around the Earth also increases the hazard for astronauts on board the International Space Station, particularly during spacewalks, and for high-altitude aircraft crews and passengers, particularly on polar flights...
12 October 2016
‘Asgardia’ to become the first new Space Nation
... launched satellites on their own indigenously developed launch vehicles. Professor David Alexander, Director of the Rice Space Institute at Rice University, Houston, Texas said: “As low-earth orbit becomes more accessible, what’s often called...
December 2014
India joins the major league with the Mars Orbiter Mission
... Mars missions. Fourth, personnel costs were low. In the words of the director of the Houston-based Rice Space Institute, David Alexander, space engineers cost much less in India than they do in the US. Roddam Narasimha, a leading Indian aerospace...
October 2015
Houston, we have a Spaceport
..., manage resources and organize emergency response. To explore the applications of such an enterprise in Houston, the Rice Space Institute, in conjunction with the UK Science and Innovation Network and Catapult, hosted Space4Houston in January 2015...
