04 November 2022
NASA’s climate change mineral dust detector
... infrared spectra to determine the makeup of mineral dust clouds. It will fill a critical gap in our understanding of Earth’s atmosphere and factors driving climate change,” says Senior FPGA, Electronics, and Software Design Engineer David Dolman...
June 2017
Bepi-Colombo will unveil Mercury’s secrets
... Nonetheless, despite its modest gravity, Mercury also has an atmosphere, albeit very tenuous, which is constantly replenished in a ... field and observe the dust which makes up the planet’s atmosphere, in order to try and understand how exactly it is ...
July 2018
Using algae to support astronauts on deep space missions
... on the growth, metabolic loads and viability of algae. This includes, but is not limited to, parameters such as microgravity, atmospheric pressure and thermal swings, that are unique to the spaceflight cabin environment. At the same time, we are...
November 2019
Mexico’s path to space
... of the Moon. Forerunner to AEM, Mexico’s National CONEE was devoted to doing experimental work in rocketry, telecommunications and atmospheric studies from 1962 until November 1977. Ambitious plans AEM has opened a new era of involvement in space...
February 2020
Climate change and spaceports – a difficult balance
... about climate change have suggested they could damage the atmosphere and detrimentally affect the climate. In the UK, this.... Rocket engines also release trace gases into the upper atmosphere that contribute to ozone depletion, as well as particles ...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
...Brandau & Tilmann Siebeneichner. The boys-with-their-toys atmosphere had sufficient public resonance to inspire and support the ... fired re-engineered German military A-4 rockets into the atmosphere in the 1950s, they advertised their peaceful purpose ...
