July 2020
Key technologies for space exploration
... technology applications grew from those SBIR projects and have matured into spaceflight hardware that is helping astronauts and scientists advance the exploration and understanding of space. A key part of this concerns research into propulsion...
April 2021
Managing the Moon - a model for engaging with planetary environments
... Oblique view of the Moon’s surface photographed by Apollo 10 astronauts in May 1969. Legal governance The Moon is more than the... dust was an active agent eliciting responses from the astronauts. Taking these features into account starts to erode the...
June 2021
Autonomous robots in space
... be assimilated in real-time. NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are, of course, keenly focused on ensuring astronaut safety, so the opportunities to look at ADSS technology for space applications quickly became apparent. Project aims The...
January 2023
Private space stations and NASA’s effort to re-invent itself
... arrangement. This approach had already been used successfully to develop private capsules to carry cargo and then astronauts to the ISS. So, NASA sought a private partner to design, build, launch and operate a private space station in partnership...
