July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
... and model building. It is therefore no great surprise that Lego has embarked on its own small space programme. Entering space Space is increasingly an integral part of our culture… It is therefore no great surprise that Lego has embarked on its...
September 2023
The Institute of Biomedical Problems - Sixty years of contributing to the development of space biomedicine
... the Institute was formed by the Ministry of Defence’s laboratories of the State Research Testing Institute of Aviation and Space Medicine of the Ministry of Health’s Institute of Biophysics. At the same time, IBMP was being reinforced with qualified...
August 2016
The promise of space tourism
... scene and not merely watching it anymore. The reality of space travel could be overwhelming. Earth out the window is never ... and inventors. Today’s students don’t view living and working in space or on Mars as science fiction, they see it as the ...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
... of Mississippi School of Law, and his courses at the University of North Dakota include space law, history of the space age, space politics & policy, space & the environment, and remote sensing law & regulation. He has been a contributor to several...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... 1 satellite in a rocket. SpaceBar The subject of space junk was the theme of a recent discussion on SpaceBar...science. [See also ROOM #22, Winter 2019/20 – ‘Preserving our space heritage’ by Stuart Eves]. Such an orbital museum would come with ...
March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
... impact and likelihood. Amid more commonly known natural hazards, space weather is now recognised as a key natural hazard of the... while its indirect impact is correlated to the fact that space weather can heat the upper atmosphere and cause it to ...