December 2021
All for one and one for all – recommendations for a sustainable future in lunar exploration
... of a large reservoir due to mistake or noncompliance could endanger the lives of any lunar residents and slow future human space exploration. China and Russia (ILRS) and NASA (Artemis) have separately evolving plans to establish a permanent...
October 2024
Space industry trajectory under the spotlight of cultural anthropology
... the money to get there in the first place? Should humans explore space at all? Is it worth it to send humans to space? What cultural outcomes will result from continued human space exploration and the colonisation of other worlds? And lastly, what...
04 May 2020
NASA commits to future Artemis missions with more SLS rocket engines
... of the rocket and Orion for Artemis I. The Artemis program is the next step in human space exploration. It’s part of America’s broader Moon to Mars exploration approach, in which astronauts will explore the Moon and experience gained there to enable...
12 November 2020
ESA and NASA to partner on Mars sample return mission
...cooperation between NASA and ESA in robotic and human space exploration as an asset for the robust campaign and ...great news for the campaign,” says ESA’s Director of Human and Robotic Exploration, David Parker. “It reinforces our shared vision to ...
19 March 2021
NASA conducts successful test of its massive SLS Moon rocket
... systems, propulsion systems, and hydraulic systems. “Today is a great day for NASA, Stennis and this nation’s human space exploration program. This final test in the Green Run series represents a major milestone for this nation’s return...
June 2015
Innovation at escape velocity: from NASA’s Apollo to SpaceX
... technologies.17 These and other ‘Big Problem’ areas on Earth include some interesting intersections with the needs of human space exploration and development. Two of these, the availability and processing of water for propellant, but also for life...
