January 2023
Asgardia expands its reach
... to protect the female body from the negative factors associated with being in space, including zero gravity, cosmic rays and long-term isolation. On 4 November 2021, as part of a cooperation agreement with the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
...space environment is a harsh operating environment in which spacecraft are subjected to a number of hazards, such as space weather, cosmic rays and meteors. In addition to the natural hazards of space, there are anthropogenic hazards and threats such...
September 2025
AI cybersecurity - challenges in space
... environment characterised by extreme temperature fluctuations, vacuum conditions and persistent exposure to ionising radiation (e.g. galactic cosmic rays and solar particle events). This radiation can induce single-event upsets (SEUs), single-event...
May 2026
Mars exploration – the nuclear option
... conditions. That’s fine for cargo or robotic missions, but for humans it’s simply too long. Radiation from cosmic rays and solar storms accumulates. Muscles and bones deteriorate in microgravity. Life-support mass increases with every...
28 September 2016
Yorkshire mines to help shed light on life on Mars
.... Past projects at the mine have ranged from the search for Dark Matter in the Universe, to studies of cosmic rays and climate. Now astrobiology and life in extreme environments can be added to the impressive list, as Peter Edwards...
21 November 2017
First interstellar asteroid looks nothing like expected
... amounts of water or ice. It is likely that its dark surface is now reddened due to the effects of irradiation from cosmic rays as it has been traversing interstellar space. In fact our Solar System could be the first star system that...
