August 2016
Flying in formation - why China and the rest of the world should collaborate
... flights. Crewed formation flying may be valuable for future manned deep space missions. It would provide more redundancy and flexibility for long-duration missions. Co-orbital space stations would offer a chance to experiment with this concept. The...
October 2024
Revolutionising space medicine and global health through virtual and augmented reality
...eating experiences, helping astronauts adapt to new eating habits and manage stress-related dietary changes during deep space missions. Research shows that the Metaverse is able to stimulate human senses in real time, particularly visual and auditory...
14 August 2017
Falcon 9 to launch super-computer and army satellite
... Spaceborne Computer made by Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The computer could be used to direct astronauts on future deep-space missions. It will be tested in space for one year, roughly the same amount of time that it would take a crewed ship to get...
June 2015
Finding asteroids before they find us
... in designing and building of interplanetary spacecraft and astronomical imaging detectors, to be Mission Director. Sentinel would be the first proposed deep space mission to be modelled, built and funded in the private sector. Astronauts Ed Lu and...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
... Program. It is clear that we cannot gain all the necessary knowledge for long-duration deep space missions from these near-Earth missions and terrestrial analogues. Nevertheless, these individual insights and design considerations provide invaluable...
October 2023
The multidisciplinary world of space habitation design
...Mars in-orbit and surface infrastructures, with particular regard to human factor issues for deep-space crewed missions. The new modules for deep-space missions will exploit the background and knowledge developed in the design and construction of the...
