July 2016
Plasma Crystals - from space research to medicine on Earth and back to space again
..., the ‘surface micro-discharge’ electrode, developed at the Max Planck Institute and hence developed further (to a ‘thin film electrode’) by terraplasma GmbH (a spin-off company from the Max Planck Society). Before leaving the topic...
August 2016
Space for art
... over - or just beginning?’, asks Sarah Lieberman and ‘The promise of space tourism’ by Los Angeles-based author, film-maker and explorer Jason Klassi who writes that we live in a time of ‘unprecedented possibilities’. Asking these questions...
September 2016
Paediatric cancer patients aim for the stars with space inspired art project
... sessions and interviews with patients and their family members the way a football team uses game films, to understand what was working about the process and to demonstrate through first-hand accounts the role...
January 2017
New oceans beckon for solar sail technology
... one such deployment, completed in August 2016. The NEA Scout sail is made from a 2.5 micron-thick polyimide film coated with aluminium. The sail is unfurled using four, 7 m metallic booms that are deployed from two...
April 2017
Urgent action needed to keep satellites safe in orbit
... Solar Observatory on Kitt Peak in Arizona (lat. 31.95, long. 248.5). Camera setting was f/6.3; focal length80 mm; film: Ektachrome 100 G. Aging can be viewed as a continuous slight degradation of the performance of some surfaces, such as weathering...
September 2017
Australia’s unique space history
.... A view of the Parkes Radio Telescope in 1969, during its involvement with the the Apollo 11 mission. Australian film The Dish was based upon its role in bringing the Apollo 11 moonwalk broadcast to the world, and...
