July 2021
Canadarm2 - 20 years of Canadian space robotics on the ISS
... fostered an even more favourable climate across Canada for Canadian involvement. Canada’s contribution would be a suite of space robots for Space Station assembly and maintenance. The MSS would include Canadarm2, the Mobile Base, and Dextre, a two...
March 2022
What space taught me about water
...-down in the picture, and it’s a fun keepsake that enables us to share a little of what it’s like to live in space. On the space station, we have a saying that “yesterday’s coffee becomes this morning’s coffee.” As on Earth, water is a precious and...
October 2024
Cupola views: Karen Nyberg’s space-inspired fabric lines
... aboard the ISS, Nyberg loved to photograph the breathtaking views of the Earth through the windows of the space station’s cupola: swirly ocean currents, dense forests, sandy deserts, patterned white clouds, golden sunsets, farmlands, and...
07 May 2021
Fears can ease over uncontrolled Chinese rocket reentry this weekend say trackers
...’s first space station last week, could result in the debris hitting populated areas this weekend can be relaxed say space tracking experts...Mike Howard said in a statement 4 May. Russian space agency Roscosmos also issued a statement at the same time...
October 2018
Funding the space frontier – a moment that changed the Universe
...lead to save the Russian Mir space station and turn it into the world’s first commercial space station. Walt Anderson and I had ... and NASA, fearing the contrast between a low-cost private space station and what was to turn out to be their US$100 ...
July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
... watercolour designs defined modules and furniture for the interiors of Soyuz, as well as the Mir and Salyut space stations. French-borm American industrial designer, Raymond Loewy’s designs for Skylab emphasised efficiency and psychological comfort...
