March 2017
Growing plastic-producing bacteria in space
...survive for several years without nutrients. This means that astronauts would have the possibility to store a variety of ...More than just biology On a mission to Mars, astronauts will experience reduced gravity and their spacecraft drastic external...
February 2018
Our space future lies in innovation
... space agency (CNES), Chair of the Council of the European Space Agency (ESA) and President of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). Earlier in his career, whilst at the helm of Arianespace, he was the artisan of the technical procedures...
July 2019
Developing life support systems for human exploration missions beyond Earth
..., full-size, deep space habitat prototypes. The mockups, constructed by five US companies, offer different perspectives on how astronauts will live and work aboard the Gateway. The explosion of investment in smart control and diagnostic technologies...
April 2020
Space Florida - gateway to an interstellar future
...well as numerous defence and planetary science missions. Astronauts flew aboard the Space Shuttle to the International Space... will resume the capability for the US to fly its own astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) from US soil and ...
May 2020
Developing a commercial market for small sample return
...the planetary science community. During the Apollo programme, astronauts returned about 381 kg of lunar regolith to Earth ...value and the potential resources that could be used to support astronauts on the surface. Once there is a regular flow of ...
May 2021
In-situ propellant design for Mars ascent vehicles
... conducted onboard the ISS to understand the effects of microgravity, such as flame formation, bacteria/plant growth and astronaut biology, while cargo transfer to the ISS can be performed easily with existing launch vehicles. However, a major...
