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 2020
Debunking the myths on space patents
... lifeboat that will, at least, provide assurance that there will be funding in future. Artist’s concept depicting the Space Shuttle Endeavour with the 60 m (200 ft) antenna of its SAR sensor almost deployed in Earth orbit. Today, companies are...
April 2020
Reviving Russia’s space programme
... their Antares and Atlas V rockets, the latest batch arriving at the end of 2019. The retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011, and American slowness in making replacement Starliner and Dragon spacecraft flightworthy, meant a ten-year stream...
July 2020
Key technologies for space exploration
... hundreds of atmospheres) characteristic of high-energy fuels and oxidisers such as hydrogen and oxygen (as used in the Space Shuttle main engine, for example). Another problem is that rocket engines, especially large ones, can be prone to unstable...
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...
