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...
April 2026
Spaceflight and the radiation problem
... 30 years since NASA and Russia launched the first elements of the International Space Station but the lessons about space travel that came with it have been largely overlooked by the public. Behind the scenes, it’s been a different story. More has...
May 2017
Recipe for success on flights to Mars
... 1960s, though they did fly aboard Skylab III. Martha collects rocks. Today’s space food eaten aboard the International Space Station (ISS) shares more similarities with military Meals Ready to Eat (MREs), vacuum sealed plastic pouches that...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
...exploration directions. Other nations may well follow and, like the International Space Station (ISS), this approach could involve collective national initiatives. European Space Agency (ESA) Director General, Jan Woerner, is among those enthusiastic...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
...LEO radiation environment. Other researchers from around the world with heritage participation in the Dose Distribution Inside the International Space Station - 3D (DOSIS-3D) experiments associated with the Matroshka project will also be contributing...
