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...
March 2018
Zero gravity and the human heart
... Med. 1993; 328:1853-4. 4 Bungo MW, and Johnson PC. Cardiovascular examinations and Observations of deconditioning during the Space Shuttle Orbital Flight Test Program. Aviat Space Environ Med. 1983; 54(11):1001-1004. 5 Bungo MW, Charles JB, Riddle...
May 2018
Challenging the boundaries of materials science
... low Earth orbit it was collected by the Space Shuttle and returned so the exposed material samples could be evaluated... by atomic oxygen attack during a relatively short Space Shuttle mission. Cross-sections revealed the interconnector to have thinned...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
... 2018 after nearly 33 years in a career that started as a cardiovascular investigator on Space Shuttle flights, spanned the NASA missions to the Russian space station Mir, the Shuttle flight of John Glenn, and Columbia’s last mission, and included...
February 2019
Building a space museum from scratch
... and several types of thermal protection tiles used in the Space Shuttle programme. For a space-nut like me, it was heaven. The... several types of thermal protection tiles used in the Space Shuttle programme. However, the big items like the LM descent ...
