July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
... in which fields it can intervene and in which contexts its competences and skills are most required. The International Space Station (ISS) is an inspiration, not least because it exemplifies two best practices that we would all do well to aspire...
July 2021
Commercial space stations - fulfilling the dream
... status of your major projects? KAVANDI Our first launch of a Dream Chaser cargo vehicle to the International Space Station is planned for the second half of 2022. We have seven missions on contract right now, and we’re also planning a crewed version...
January 2022
Earth - no longer humanity’s only home
...me about coming back to Earth with a different sense of home. Don was part of the Expedition 6 crew that was on the International Space Station in 2003 when we lost the Space Shuttle Columbia. He left Earth believing he would return to Florida aboard...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
...Moon landings, Martian rovers, or guitar-wielding astronauts on the International Space Station. These encapsulate space as a realm where humans work together in the pursuit of knowledge for the common benefit of humankind. Yet these feats of science...
October 2024
Cupola views: Karen Nyberg’s space-inspired fabric lines
... craft projects, Earth Views. Nyberg worked with designers at Robert Kaufman Fabrics to turn the photos she took during her time on the International Space Station into images that worked well on fabric and would look good in a quilt. She...
February 2017
UN strategy lifts capacity for non-spacefaring countries
... and research institutions from developing countries the opportunity to deploy cube satellites from the Japanese Kibo module of the International Space Station (ISS). With JAXA, we recently selected the first successful candidates for this programme...
