September 2017
Engaging the private sector in space exploration
... paramount for ESA to better assess the viability of the partnerships. The range of ideas is broad and includes applications, products and services related to utilisation of the International Space Station, post-ISS exploitation, lunar exploration...
May 2018
Challenging the boundaries of materials science
... surface-modified materials continue to be tested in orbit, for instance on the Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE). The dome-shaped Cupola on the International Space Station (ISS) is made from forged, then heat-treated aluminium...
June 2018
Space 2080 a future perspective
... first men into Earth orbit would one day be replaced by international cooperation? This was the case with regard to the International Space Station (ISS), the starting point for a real multi-national cooperation project. There were highlights that...
July 2018
Using algae to support astronauts on deep space missions
... future spacecraft too. High-level mass streams in an algal life support system. To support astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS), we currently resupply about seven tons of water and five tons of food a year. This is in addition...
August 2018
America’s ‘dream machine’
..., a spaceplane selected by NASA for cargo resupply and return services to the International Space Station (ISS) starting in late 2020 under the CRS-2 contract. The Dream Chaser is part of a new space landscape with NASA where companies build private...
October 2018
Funding the space frontier – a moment that changed the Universe
... shift now underway. It happened at 5:28 am EDT on 30 April 2001, hurtling through space at 17,100 mph, 250 miles above the Earth, the airlock hatch on the International Space Station (ISS) opened and a small, balding older man (who one commentator...
