March 2016
Why We Need Space Artists
...with the space programme? Space hotel with zero-g stadium and super-shuttles (Gouache + digital). From ‘Futures: 50 Years in Space’... great effect: ‘ferry rockets’, forerunners of the Space Shuttle, a space station powered by solar energy, Moon bases ...
August 2016
Are the days of innovation in global space over - or just beginning?
...-going activities we can discuss power in several ways. According to NASA, the main engines propelling the Space Shuttle to Earth orbit generate a total of 37 million horse-power. Alternatively, we can define power in terms of work/time, as an astro...
August 2016
Fireflies and saucers
...turned the lights back on and finished their work. Another ‘incident’ occurred on 21 October 1995 on board US Space Shuttle Columbia during its STS-73 mission. “We have an unidentified flying object”, joked mission specialist Catherine ‘Cady’ Coleman...
November 2016
Microgravity and space research: Bringing the commercial market into focus
... of microgravity. Furthermore, the ISS, and the Space Shuttle during its time, have been crucial in providing the ... of Duchene Muscular Dystrophy. The ISS and the Space Shuttle have been crucial in providing a backdrop for successful discoveries...
August 2017
On-orbit assembly will deliver major benefits in coming decade
... example of astronaut-assisted assembly is the construction of the International Space Station (ISS), which involved over 35 Space Shuttle launches and 160 spacewalks spanning 1,061 hours. The station is the size of a football field weighing over...
February 2018
Journey of inspiration
...the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) working with the NASA Space Shuttle team. This group of people loved the work they were doing,... believed in the amazing Space Shuttle and the value of our space programme, and were passionate...
