September 2023
How microorganisms survive space travel
... with the results of electron-microscope studies that revealed disturbances in the function of division and cell wall synthesis in these bacteria. They showed non-standard cell division, in particular, the appearance of a multiplicity of septa...
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...
