January 2022
International cooperation - the key to survival on Earth and in space
...ROOM’s sister publication Aerospace Sphere Journal, caught up with Frank De Winne to obtain his perspective on human space exploration, from priority areas in ESA’s work to a personal view on current space trends. What are the responsibilities of the...
30 April 2018
NASA cancels its lunar Resource Prospector mission
... and water - elements that would be essential for any explorers hoping to stay long term in a lunar settlement. These...to suffer setbacks when it was moved from the Human Exploration and Operations Directorate to the Science Mission Directorate (SMD)...
05 July 2019
JAXA, DLR to cooperate on Martian moons mission
... no stranger to sending spacecraft to other-world bodies to examine them up close. As part of their Hayabusa2 mission, which is currently exploring the asteroid Ryugu, the agency’s Mobile Asteroid and Surface Scout (MASCOT) lander ‘hopped’ across the...
November 2016
Hi-tech greenhouse to test plant cultivation technologies in Antarctica
...reference number 636501) supported via the COMPET-07-2014 - Space exploration - Life support sub-programme. It had its official kick... growth demonstrator (middle room in Figure 3). Future Exploration Greenhouse (FEG): the main plant growth area of...
April 2019
Is a military space force justified?
...I provides that all states have the right to explore and use space; Article II prohibits national appropriation ...The community of nations took a major step to promote the peaceful exploration and use of outer space by the adoption of the non-...
April 2020
Protecting against the dangers of space radiation
... is very different to what we are preparing for in terms of a future lunar base where it is foreseen to have hours of EVA exploration in the extreme and in difficult lunar environment. To date, no astronaut has ever performed more than three lunar...
