19 February 2021
China's astronauts begin training for space station missions
...during the operational phase are expected to involve three astronauts and consist of six-month-long rotations. The ...will be central to the space station's operations, given that astronauts will live there and control the entire station from inside....
June 2017
Automated or human-operated systems?
...systems with automated functions in order to remove the human error liability possible or desirable? And although replacing astronauts with robots might reduce the inconvenience and costs of the necessary life sustainment functions required in manned...
August 2018
UAE’s ambitious plans for space sector growth
...ROOM’s managing editor Clive Simpson during the 2017 International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Australia, to discuss... objective. Is it important for UAE to have its own astronauts? Mars 2017 is an initiative by the government to create ...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... the historical precedent, this seems unlikely. Boeing cut short the uncrewed demonstration flight of its new astronaut capsule, Starliner, in December 2019 after it suffered technical problems that prevented it docking with the International Space...
January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
... of Apollo. I grew up at a time when spaceflight was all about astronauts and the Moon. I ate, slept and breathed Apollo, and watched in ... coffee table. Instead I was fascinated by where the astronauts were going and what they might do there. My ...
October 2021
Mining lunar hydrogen
...minerals from the lunar surface. The ideal balance between astronaut and robotic contributions in this activity has yet to...The protective spacesuits and life support systems of Apollo allowed astronauts such as Jack Schmidt to work for more than seven...
