July 2014
In thrall to a star: understanding the Sun will help us understand our own climate and environment
... the Earth also increases the hazard for astronauts on board the International Space Station, particularly during spacewalks, and for high-altitude aircraft crews and passengers, particularly on polar flights. Superstorms Over the course...
December 2014
Asteroid Redirect Mission: preparing for Mars in deep space
... in-space operations to explore, select, collect and secure samples from the asteroid through multi-hour EVAs, or spacewalks, before returning the samples to Earth. These samples may include water embedded in the asteroid and minerals...
March 2015
On-orbit satellite servicing, insurance and lessons of Palapa B2 and Westar 6
... to grab the satellite with their own hands, and make history by performing the first three-man spacewalk. On this occasion the satellite was fitted with a new boost motor whilst still in orbit before being...
June 2015
Astronauts having a laugh
... Wendt, had jacked up his car and put it on the bricks. Astronaut Owen Garriott, seen here during a spacewalk outside Skylab, persuaded NASA Mission Control that he’d smuggled his wife onboard the space station. Hello...
February 2016
Space for Art
In 2015, after what I consider to be 28 incredible years with NASA, I ‘retired’. I look back on that time and I really have to pinch myself that I had the opportunity to do such amazing stuff and work with such remarkable people. The first painting ...
March 2016
Space Oddities: The Problem with Imagination
... another female astronaut into space until 1982 when Svetlana Savitzskaya became the first woman to make a spacewalk. All in all, the early years of women in space had much less to do with women’s rights than with...
