January 2023
Private space stations and NASA’s effort to re-invent itself
... and that commercial service contracts and income will provide the rest. The size and complexity of the United States major space programmes - the International Space Station, Space Launch System and Orion capsule - might have benefited from a better...
August 2016
International cooperation drives Germany’s space ambitions
In space research, the International Space Station (ISS) is a symbol of peaceful interational collaboration in Earth orbit, and is intended to be used intensively as a one-of-a-kind laboratory for ...
August 2016
Space for art
... special place I was living in space, but also of the incredibly special and ultimately important place I had the privilege of witnessing from that awesome and surreal vantage point of the International Space Station (ISS). Inspirational artwork used...
November 2016
Emergency dental treatment on way to Mars
...dental restorations, suffers severe tooth pain and cannot continue with his duties (Figure 2b). Currently, for the International Space Station (ISS), all crew members receive pre-flight medical examinations, including a dental check and basic medical...
January 2017
Mini space station for mice to study effects of reproduction in reduced gravity
... reproduction during short-duration (around two weeks) flight experiments aboard free flying satellites, the Space Shuttle, and the International Space Station (ISS). Longer duration (months and years) rodent analogue reproduction experiments aboard...
March 2017
Space is open for business
.... “We all have to take advantage of the amazing thing we have created in the International Space Station.” There was much talk about the value and benefits resulting from the International Space Station (ISS), a global platform for research and...
