January 2023
LUNAR OASIS – architectural visions for an integrated lunar habitat
... to create a habitat with constant availability of water and solar energy, which can be converted and stored in a salt...units, it also provides a ‘safe haven’ in the event of a solar storm and the crew can shelter here for a few days. The location of ...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... weather also plays a part in spacecraft failure, likely resulting in more orbital debris. Single event upsets, solar storms and atmospheric drag are all capable of degrading spacecraft performance making them more susceptible to electronic, system...
23 December 2020
Harmful stellar flares might not prevent life on exoplanets after all, new study says
... power grids, bathe high-flying airplanes with radiation, disrupt satellites and even cause them to fail. Solar storms in space are also dangerous. If large enough doses of radiation are received by an unshielded astronaut, it can have fatal...
14 June 2021
G7 nations commit to the safe and sustainable use of space
... Brito & Charlotte Croison), Is NewSpace really so new? (Walter Peeters), The next ‘unthinkable’ – global disruption from a solar storm (Calogero Nicosia), Space research in embryology (Irena Ogneva) and A shared vision for space exploration (Gabriel...
06 September 2021
China develops prototype for its own Mars helicopter
... other projects also passed the final acceptance by the NSSC. These include an extreme ultraviolet lens for solar storm imaging, and other radiation and radar prototypes to provide technical support for China’s space target cataloging...
