July 2019
Next steps in human space exploration
... to the way it used to be billions of years ago. Every one of us has talked about using space and space exploration to make life better for humans here on the planet and in fact that’s our goal. We’ll continue to do like we always said at NASA...
July 2020
Investigations into plant growth on the Moon
... results. Why grow anything on the Moon? Because the Moon is important in the ‘stepping-stone approach’ to future human space exploration missions beyond Earth, which will ultimately need to be self-sufficient. The use of cotton in clothing is well...
March 2021
Building SLS - a contractual odyssey
... super heavy-lift rocket after an independent commission had presented a range of approaches NASA could pursue in human space exploration, including alternatives to the Ares rockets designed for Constellation. One of those alternatives was to design...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
... a detailed description of the MARE payload and its implications for enabling future human space exploration. While astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS), at an altitude of about 400 km, are beyond the radiation protection of Earth...
April 2020
Protecting against the dangers of space radiation
The world is at an ambitious juncture in the history of human space exploration. International space agencies and a number of private companies are aligned to go back to the Moon and then onwards to Mars. But ...
January 2022
International cooperation - the key to survival on Earth and in space
... 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 European Astronaut Training Centre...
