May 2019
Space for Art – Astronauts and artists
... on all of the lessons we’ve learned from our Apollo travels to the Moon. These lessons are absolutely those of discovery, wonder and awe about the Moon itself, but perhaps more important are the lessons we learned...
May 2020
Developing a commercial market for small sample return
... sites - almost as eager as planetary scientists, who think the Moon, preserved without weather to erode it, could reveal discoveries about the history of the solar system. We believe there could be a sustainable multi-flight market for lunar...
May 2020
Space for Art – The magnificent beauty of spaceflight
... to all of the photographers who are chronicling the magnificent beauty of spaceflight. To me, this picture of the Space Shuttle Discovery’s roll to the launch pad for her final flight is the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. With its...
June 2022
Protecting crews in interplanetary ships and space colonies from the space environment
... of high-energy solar and galactic radiation, as well as long-term weightlessness, were unknown in 1948, and further discoveries confirmed his assumptions. Fig. 1. Options for the radial construction of squadron ships in the Testudo package. Crew...
May 2024
Spaceflight revolution on a shoestring
... objects of interest in the solar system, and space telescopes larger than terrestrial ones are enabling breakthrough discoveries. There are wide environmental benefits. This is not a science fiction dream. There is a roadmap for space launch...
09 July 2015
Discovery of a five-star solar system in Ursa Major highlights mystery of proto-stellar disk fragmentation
... like a bit too much? Not as far as a rare star system recently found in Ursa Major goes. The discovery of a peculiar quintuplet of closely linked stars orbiting around a single centre of gravity has put Earth’s pop culture...
