August 2016
Long-term spaceflight and microbiological safety issues
... it for nutrition. They grew on the glass due to the lipid film, atmospheric moisture condensation and other contaminations, but at the same time, the secretions of their metabolic processes compromised the optical characteristics of the glass...
October 2016
Project MOONWALK
... different material and different sizes of material. This dedicated sampling box for each sample is to avoid cross-contamination. Gandolfi II space simulations suit with chest-mounted display (procedure viewer). The Foldable Pick-up Claw is used...
May 2018
Challenging the boundaries of materials science
...manage and control such lists. Thermal cover returned from a space mission showing fringe pattern of condensed contaminant on highly reflective surface – this can lead to an increased thermal absorbance and reduced emissivity, so altering the thermal...
January 2019
Materials make the space mission
... and assembly stages. Poor workmanship or inappropriate storage can generate cracks, residual stresses, internal defects, corrosion, contamination and local damage. The highest loading phase of the overall space mission also occurs on the ground...
July 2019
Developing life support systems for human exploration missions beyond Earth
... members to maintain their health and wellness, remove contaminants and process them for disposal, while minimising the...-loop carbon dioxide (CO2) removal assembly, a trace contaminant control assembly, a cabin pressure control assembly, an atmosphere...
August 2020
Revisiting the Drake Equation - a cultural addendum
... planets. Lisa Pratt, NASA’s current Planetary Protection Officer, is concerned with forward contamination of another world with life from Earth and backward contamination of Earth with a life-form from another world. One can find online...
