March 2016
Why We Need Space Artists
... artists In 1950s Britain there was RA (Ralph) Smith, who worked with Arthur C Clarke and the British Interplanetary Society. Smith was an engineer as well as an artist, so was able to design his own vehicles and hardware, which...
July 2016
France, Europe and Russia - two decades of space launch cooperation
... resulted in a joint commercialisation of the Russian Proton heavy launcher, which was by then mostly dedicated to interplanetary space probes or soviet satellites placed in geostationary orbits. Soyuz launch vehicle in the assembly hall at Baikonur...
August 2016
International cooperation drives Germany’s space ambitions
... Science’, which is devoted to fundamental research. The focus is on investigating the Solar System. Given the costs of interplanetary space missions, which can sometimes reach hundreds of millions of euros, the question of how to use funds in the...
August 2016
Polish Space Agency pursues task of developing country’s space expertise
... only, Polish national in space. Studies by Polish scientists included the fields of astrophysics (solar systems), plasma cosmology in interplanetary space and Earth orbit, studying the Sun, planets and small celestial bodies in the solar system...
January 2017
Mini space station for mice to study effects of reproduction in reduced gravity
... could also be used to better understand the potential benefits of artificial gravity for long duration interplanetary transits, particularly in light of astronaut Scott Kelly’s description of the potential hardships of long duration microgravity...
April 2017
Surviving radiation for space colonisation
... exposure. Orion is NASA’s first spacecraft for longduration deep space exploration. It will transport humans to and from interplanetary destinations such as asteroids, the Moon and eventually Mars. Of course, not every one of the same age...
