May 2020
Space for Art – The magnificent beauty of spaceflight
There’s nothing better than a spaceship to bring together the wonder of space, science and art. As we push forward to launching new spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) and on to the Moon and Mars, and as more commercial activities ...
July 2020
Key technologies for space exploration
...scientists to study plant growth in a microgravity environment. This system, the Biomass Production System (BPS), deployed onboard the Space Shuttle and then the International Space Station, provided more data than ever previously collected. This led...
January 2021
Asgardia’s project for a new module to expand Space Station
... past decade, the International Space Station partnership has continually addressed the future of research in - and exploitation of - low Earth orbit (LEO) beyond the lifetime of the ISS. At present, it seems likely that the Space Station will remain...
July 2021
Canadarm2 - 20 years of Canadian space robotics on the ISS
... flight on, for 30 years until the end of the Shuttle programme in 2011. Its successor, the bigger, more complex Canadarm2, was extensively involved in the in-space assembly of the International Space Station (ISS). In the 20 years since it was first...
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
International cooperation - the key to survival on Earth and in space
... most important foundation that I have discovered in the 20 years that I’ve worked in space is international cooperation. Throughout my time in ESA and the International Space Station programme we have faced many difficulties, but we were always able...
