28 July 2021
Japan successfully tests rocket engine propelled by shock waves
... waves produced by burning a mixture of methane and oxygen gases, the country’s space agency said Tuesday. Known officially as a pulse detonation engine (PDE), it was... operate for extended periods of time for use on deep-space exploration missions.
May 2022
Essential guide to the James Webb Space Telescope
... the telescope is preparing for up to 20 years of deep-space observations. JWST will peer at the hidden infrared universe,... is moving further away from everything else - the space between galaxies is stretching, increasing year on year. Combined...
September 2017
Telescope targets enigmatic deep space mystery
... total number of electrons the signal has traversed in the diffuse plasma that fills interstellar and intergalactic space, called the dispersion measure. This smearing of the radio signal due to electrons in the cosmic medium is analogous...
September 2016
URBOCOP: saving planet Earth
... of the moment will allow us to go. I would like to take the opposite approach and begin at the very top - in deep space. Perhaps a middle ground of aerospace defence can be found by defining the defence of planet Earth - because, in the face...
January 2021
Medical professionals and long-duration spaceflight
...has shown the significant value of including a health worker in the team. When it comes to long-term space missions – especially those in deep space - the inclusion of a doctor on the team should be seen as ‘normal’, not least because of the positive...
January 2023
The effects of spaceflight on the female body
...many more men than women have been involved in space missions. Nevertheless, the participation of women in space flights is increasing every year and the exploration of deep space would be unthinkable without the participation of women. The Institute...
