April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... the current competitive race back to the Moon into something more sustainable. An Apollo-beating bound in human spaceflight in the 2020s might not be measured in commercial astronaut flights, or the flags of nations delivered to the lunar surface...
February 2023
How to grow plants in a spacecraft
..., or PTH, but it requires regular injections and has a very short shelf life, which is problematic for long spaceflights. Therefore, a transgenic lettuce that produces PTH was engineered. Designing plants able to grow in space and be of use...
February 2018
Are we asking the right questions about space debris?
... LEO as the collisions will be the most consequential and the collision rate is significant. Assurance of immediate spaceflight safety as the primary objective has encouraged us to examine the possible short-term, highly consequential events (rather...
June 2017
Automated or human-operated systems?
..., which reduced the astronaut’s role to little more than a passenger. During the flight of Faith 7, the final spaceflight in the Mercury series, there were mission-threatening technical problems. After experiencing power failure in the capsule...
08 July 2016
The Week in Space: Business Digest, July 1-8.
... 2006 and currently has over 70 members. CSF is one of the leading voices for the commercial spaceflight industry. “The commercial spaceflight industry is developing and innovating at an ever-increasing pace,” said CSF president Eric Stallmer. “With...
04 October 2017
First ever Stratollite launch from Spaceport Tucson
...just limiting its Stratollite to commercial purposes but is also in the market to offer human spaceflight. Currently under development, its Voyager human spaceflight experience is aiming to launch in the near future and once operational it will offer...
