January 2021
Medical professionals and long-duration spaceflight
... physicians had taken part in spaceflights under the Space Shuttle programme alone. Important skills and tasks Arguably, the ... had taken part in spaceflights under the Space Shuttle programme alone Any programme of long-term autonomous missions...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... even a small paint flake travelling in excess of 17,500 miles per hour is significant, as shown by craters observed in Space Shuttle windows. Whilst larger assets such as the ISS have Whipple shielding to provide a measure of protection from debris...
July 2021
Collaboration and competition in lunar exploration
... Services (CRS) programme, was designed to fill the gap in orbital transportation following the retirement of the Space Shuttle. Under this programme, NASA provided funding and technical support, resulting in the development of private cargo supply...
October 2023
Space architecture on Earth
...the outsize cargoes. Three sites built long, adjacent shuttle runways: Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg and Baikonur. Structures..., an imitative version of which was also built at the shuttle’s other base of Vandenberg, California, although it has never been...
April 2024
Agencia Espacial Española – Spain’s future assurance
... a Spanish astronaut, Pedro Duque, back in October 1998 on Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-95) on a nine-day flight (Mr Duque went on ... first Spanish astronaut to go into orbit on the Space Shuttle STS-95 Discovery mission in October 1998. He is pictured...
May 2024
Spaceflight revolution on a shoestring
...airline flights per fatal accident. By contrast, the Space Shuttle had two fatal accidents in just 135 flights over ... components. Launch safety has improved considerably since the Space Shuttle but still falls far short of aviation standards. Since ...
