May 2024
The universe in acrylics - an artist’s passion
... of the imagery and had to get paint on canvas to try to express my reaction to this image of the deep canyon walls of Valles Marineris. Imagery from HiRise inspires me visually and emotionally, and I react to my appreciation of the incredible minds...
October 2024
Spaceport America’s road to the future
... impact. Looking low and organic from a distance, with concrete and self-protecting rust-layer steel walls, up-close the facility has the appearance of a bunker. The spaceport’s main structure was built between 2009...
October 2024
Lunar construction with regolith and robots
... masonry maintenance process that involves removing and replacing deteriorated mortar between bricks (see Figure 5). Figure 5. A wall before repointing and after repointing. Step 3: integrate the process into a rover Once the process has...
October 2024
Cupola views: Karen Nyberg’s space-inspired fabric lines
... was launched in 2022. To showcase the collection, Nyberg designed and created three quilts. The Endangered Animals wall hanging uses applique technique and features eight critically endangered animal species set in a circle representing Earth...
April 2025
A bun in the (space) oven - Reasons not to get pregnant while going around Earth at 7.8 kilometres per second
... the structures in a cell that give the cell its shape, kind of like the wooden beams in the walls that hold up a house. Experiments involving creatures like tadpoles, salamanders, geckos, newts, quail (eggs), rats, and...
April 2025
Lego’s tribute to NASA’s SLS and Artemis
... as he will have Elon Musk whispering in his ear. The space rumour mill suggests the writing is on the wall for the SLS, partly because of its glacially slow development but mainly because of its high cost...
