October 2017
Exploring Jupiter’s icy moons
... and exchanges in the Jupiter system that are responsible for the changes in surface, ionospheric and exospheric environments at Ganymede, Europa and Callisto from short-term to geological time scales. Focused studies of Jupiter’s atmosphere and...
October 2017
Third quarter phenomenon - the psychology of time in space
...prominent stressors. Thus, time in itself may not be a strong predictor unless taking into consideration aspects of the environment. Space simulations What counts, psychologically, seems to be the knowledge that the first half of the stay is finished...
February 2023
How to grow plants in a spacecraft
...from Earth, low gravity, and the hostile and closed environment of a spacecraft. Living plants and freshly grown food...space agencies. Building a plant growth chamber in the unwelcoming environment of space still requires work. One of the challenges ...
September 2025
AI cybersecurity - challenges in space
...(ISAM) and debris removal. These systems allow for precise relative navigation and control in dynamic, uncooperative environments where human-in-the-loop control is impractical due to signal delay or operational complexity. AI tools are also employed...
August 2016
Academia’s role in space protection, space traffic management & orbital debris mitigation
... SSA, space protection, space traffic management and the long-term sustainability and security of the space environment. These space activities have mission-related interdependencies (such as orbital safety of operations) and common underlying space...
November 2018
BepiColombo – a mission to explore Mercury
... mission to visit this contrasting world of extreme heat and freezing temperatures is NASA’s MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) mission, which took up the challenge to study Mercury from orbit between March 2011...
