08 November 2017
Boeing and CASIS award $500,000 for microgravity research on ISS
... benefit from ISS National Lab capabilities. As such, awardee Cellino Biotech propose to gene-edit induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) using the companies biotech’s platform, NanoLaze™, while Guardion Technologies is developing miniature radiation...
25 May 2018
New research suggests Pluto could be one giant comet
... as cometary impacts and not produced on the planet through chemical reactions with other substances. This theory stems from Glein and Waite's estimates of the amount of nitrogen inside the glacier, which is consistent with the...
13 July 2018
Israel plan to launch historic Moon mission later this year
... spacecraft on the moon has become something of a national educational beacon by inspiring the country’s children to take up STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects. By continuing with the mission, SpaceIL aims to set in motion...
07 September 2018
ANA/JAXA plan to revolutionise space with real-world Avatars
... JAXA on the other hand are settling for something a little less exotic, as it seems their inspiration might stem from the popular Japanese comic series “Space Brothers.” However the principle behind the Avatar is similar...
08 October 2018
A round-up of news from this years IAC
... contractor for NASA’s Orion spacecraft announced it was looking for ideas of commercial uses, including payloads, science, STEM, art and entertainment, or any other commercial endeavours that would fly on one of Orion’s upcoming missions to the...
09 November 2018
Leftover gas from the Sun's birth created Earth's water
... rocky exoplanets scattered throughout the galaxy. The theory that all of Earth's water comes from asteroids stems from the fact that chemically speaking, ocean water and water found on asteroids are very similar...
