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...
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...
