June 2017
Automated or human-operated systems?
... space systems design and operations, including the organisational dimension. Several applied design studies addressed aspects as diverse as console design and audio alarms in control rooms. A two-year research project at the European Space Operation...
September 2017
Binary stars and their extraordinary lives
... the other. This transfer of gas makes the mass- gaining star spin faster and contributes to a range of diverse stellar phenomena. If the rate of mass gain is fast enough, the companion star is unable to accommodate the newly...
October 2017
Exploring Jupiter’s icy moons
... and plasma interactions with the surrounding Jovian environment. The mission will also focus on characterising the diversity of coupling processes and exchanges in the Jupiter system that are responsible for the changes in surface, ionospheric...
October 2017
Colouring our view of the oceans
...online and promises to provide a wide range of benefits in addition to ocean colour for applications as diverse as environmental management, sea transport safety, weather forecasting and climate monitoring. EUMETSAT, an intergovernmental organisation...
November 2017
Roving the red planet
... rover, Curiosity, were targeted to distinctly different geologic settings has broadened our understanding of both the geologic diversity of early Mars and the action of common processes. Curiosity rover Mars Handlens Imager (MAHLI) image of target...
December 2017
Panoramas from the surface of the Moon
... image clearly shows the LM, the rover and its tracks. An evocative black & white panorama showing what a diverse and geologically interesting location was chosen for Apollo 15. Dave Scott can be seen on the slope of Mount...
