July 2018
Using algae to support astronauts on deep space missions
...studies and demonstrate and characterise such systems in relevant environments such as the International Space Station or NASA’s proposed Deep Space Gateway. Below: Experimental algae monitoring equipment at the University of Colorado Boulder. Bottom...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
... garment with the Orion capsule at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Radiation threats Crew radiation protection is a design...safest ways to manage radiation risk to astronauts for future deep space missions. For example, if the SPE protection methods ...
29 April 2020
NASA's new solar sail system to be tested on-board NanoAvionics' satellite
... NanoAvionics will be part of NASA's effort to validate a new beam-powered propulsion system, eventually leading to more marvelous deep-space missions following the first inter-planetary CubeSats MarCO-A and B (Mars Cube One)," said F. Brent Abbott...
January 2017
Blueprint for NASA’s journey to Mars
..., crew transportation, heavy launch capability, in-space propulsion, deep space navigation and communication, working in space, science, deep space operations, in-situ resource utilisation, deep space habitation and crew health. This progression...
16 December 2020
Hayabusa2 delivers first-ever gas sample from an asteroid
... can now also claim to have the world's first sample return of a material in the gas state from deep space. So far, these discoveries have come from just one of three chambers inside the capsule. Sample chamber...
August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
... kitchen cabinet’ has helped to conceive some new, exciting science missions using deep space cubesats and nanosats It is common enough for deep space missions to use a gravity assist manoeuvre at Venus to provide a boost in velocity to propel them...
