January 2023
Portugal’s sustainable space strategy
...HAB) part of the Lunar Gateway, the future European Large Logistic Lander (EL3) and the Columbus module at the International Space Station (ISS), among others. The Portuguese Space Agency is now the focal point of space policy in Portugal, connecting...
October 2025
The law as a last line of defence when space debris hit home
... from the International Space Station (ISS) on 11 March 2021, following the delivery and replacement of new batteries, with the expectation that the payload would burn up in the atmosphere within the next 25 years. However, not all of the cargo...
March 2026
Humanity – the potential of space
...Earth, increase abundance, and open the Solar System. The Space Shuttle and the International Space Station (ISS) were not, in themselves, our purpose. That comes later. The Space Shuttle and the ISS provided early opportunities to explore commercial...
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...
