October 2015
Taking AIM with ESA: proposing the first visit to a binary asteroid system
...and scientific studies. Four spacecraft in one A combination of visual and thermal imagers will survey the ...asteroid science at a fundamental level. In recent years the combination of in-situ missions, ground-based observations, meteorite analysis and...
October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
... Metop-A as the EUMETSAT prime operational polar-orbiting satellite, following the end of its commissioning period. The combination of instruments onboard Metop satellites has remote sensing capabilities to observe the Earth during day- and night...
October 2015
Eating in space: from Michelin-starred chefs to self-sufficiency
...chefs cook up space recipes, 3D printers are being harnessed to combine raw ingredients and we know a lot more about the psychology... and cubes, or even print their food from pre-selected combinations of preserved goo, the future of food in space lies ...
October 2015
How to 3D-print a habitat on Mars
... existed since antiquity, when grand structures were built additively, layer by layer. It is only recently that we have combined the technique with robotics and computer control, enabling 3D printing of objects of nearly any shape using a diverse...
January 2016
Shifting Space Perspectives: Artistic Research as Connective Research Area
... and space architecture. [12] Its interdisciplinary nature supports Descartes’ initial claim for a ‘unity of the sciences’. Combining discovery-led knowledge production with scientific methods fulfils the desire for fundamental understanding, which...
January 2016
Data Systems to Support Early Warning of Spaceborne Emergency Situations
... and it is essential to create a data analysis system that would automatically process large amounts of incoming data from combined monitoring of near-Earth space and early warnings systems. Such a system would integrate a number of data factors...
