February 2018
European centre shifts emphasis to deep space missions
... the ISS and low Earth orbit (LEO) operations, and is actively developing collaborative programmes related to deep space exploration missions. EAC is Neutral Buoyancy Facility hall includes a water tank, mock-ups, and scuba diving equipment...
June 2018
Archaeologist of the future
... Apollo 15 crew who left it there it is part of a universal commemoration to the heroes who have died in the advancement of space exploration. For Begian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck, who was commissioned to realise it, the statue is an ode to mankind...
February 2019
A universal spaceship design concept
Currently, the field of crewed space exploration is characterised by a small number of nations ... risks as far as possible. With plans for longer missions for the exploration of Mars, asteroids or other objects, the existing solutions arguably fail to...
July 2019
A reluctant American hero
... personalities involved, we have been able to learn more about Armstrong the man and his unique contribution to space exploration. The six Apollo Moon landing missions changed the world in many ways – raising and influencing technical...
July 2020
Investigations into plant growth on the Moon
...Why grow anything on the Moon? Because the Moon is important in the ‘stepping-stone approach’ to future human space exploration missions beyond Earth, which will ultimately need to be self-sufficient. The use of cotton in clothing is well established...
March 2021
Building SLS - a contractual odyssey
... heavy-lift rocket after an independent commission had presented a range of approaches NASA could pursue in human space exploration, including alternatives to the Ares rockets designed for Constellation. One of those alternatives was to design a new...
