14 December 2020
Systems shutdown as ISS suffers from power and oxygen failures
... is powered by light from the Sun which is captured by a number of solar panels attached to the US Segment, the Russian Service Module (SM) and the Functional Cargo Block (FGB). However, because the station is often not in direct sunlight, it relies...
February 2016
Space for Art
... 2009. Nicole used a small watercolour kit as a basis for ‘The Wave’ based on a picture taken through the Russian Service Module window When I graduated from college I knew that I wanted to work in the space programme but I never imagined...
March 2022
What space taught me about water
... 2009. Nicole used a small watercolour kit as a basis for ‘The Wave’, based on a picture taken through the Russian Service Module window (above). Water recycling The ISS system, known as the Water Reclamation System (WRS), can recycle...