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...
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...
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
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...
May 2018
Challenging the boundaries of materials science
... surface-modified materials continue to be tested in orbit, for instance on the Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE). The dome-shaped Cupola on the International Space Station (ISS) is made from forged, then heat-treated aluminium...
June 2018
Space 2080 a future perspective
... first men into Earth orbit would one day be replaced by international cooperation? This was the case with regard to the International Space Station (ISS), the starting point for a real multi-national cooperation project. There were highlights that...
