April 2025
Racing to the Moon
... for retrieving approximately two-kilogram samples and transferring them to the ascent vehicle, all while avoiding contamination of the samples with anything of terrestrial origin A compact single-stage rocket to take off from the lunar...
October 2025
Satellite technology - from operational challenges to strategic opportunities
... through virtual testing. This includes modelling the effects of thermal variations, mechanical deformations and contamination on optical performance. Today’s simulation platforms enable integrated workflows that connect thermal, structural...
November 2025
Searching for life beyond Earth
... that might be associated with life. But there are challenges. One major issue right now is stellar contamination - star spots, flares and other activity on the star’s surface can interfere with the data. These...
09 April 2016
Flawless launch for SpaceX Dragon
... will allow investigators to gauge how well the habitat protects against solar radiation, space debris and contamination. Crew members experience significant decreases in bone density and muscle mass during long-duration spaceflight without...
26 July 2016
Will PIPER be successful in confirming Inflation Theory?
... large angular scales where the B-mode signal from the reionisation bump does not suffer any contamination from other signals and past experiments have been limited in the angular scale in which they can...
02 November 2016
How life on Mars might be 'sniffed out' by BILI
... meters. Therefore, because the ground-level analysis is conducted from afar, BILI reduces the risk of sample contamination that could bias the results. "This makes our instrument an excellent complementary organic-detection instrument, which...
