October 2021
Mining lunar hydrogen
...needs for exploration, mineral survey, expanding human settlement and cargo services. In this context, current R&D into hydrogen fuel cells promises a higher efficiency than conventional batteries in the very low temperature environment. The Japanese...
04 May 2020
Exoplanets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres could harbour life
... compared with other molecular gas, such as nitrogen, which is considerably denser. This means that atmospheres rich in hydrogen typically extend further out into space – up to 14 times larger in extent than nitrogen-dominated skies – making rocky...
12 February 2021
Water vapour spotted escaping from Mars' atmosphere
... chloride. Water is critical in this chemistry," Olsen says, who added that the team observed a correlation between hydrogen chloride production and increased dust activity; a process linked to the seasonal heating of the southern hemisphere. This...
01 November 2017
Voyager 1 spies unexpected light at the outer edges of the Solar System
... into it. Previous computer simulations of the heliospheric interface have predicted that the intensity of light emitted from hydrogen atoms in this region should constantly decrease. However, data received from Voyager 1 while it has been waiting...
17 May 2021
European startup to produce oxygen from lunar soil for ESA 2025 mission
... gas. The steam produced in the reaction is then condensed and split to produce oxygen and recover the hydrogen. Although the contract is to develop and deliver a set of 3 reactors Space Applications Systems says it aims to establish a commercially...
05 January 2018
Gilmour Space completes successful test of hybrid rocket engine
... catalyst pack,” said Gilmour. “This is a critical subsystem of our main orbital engine, and it efficiently decomposed our Hydrogen Peroxide oxidiser at a core temperature well above the ignition temperature of our fuel.” The company has already...
