August 2016
Space stations - drivers of cooperation
... effort is rampant and today there still exists a situation wherein nations tend to pursue planetary exploration largely in isolation, often reinventing the wheel at an enormous cost. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully tested...
April 2019
LISA Pathfinder – paving the way for future studies of the gravitational universe
..., undisturbed by ground motion, is required. The principle of such an observatory is that free-falling test masses, which are isolated from all external forces, will move along geodesics of the curved space-time. If a gravitational wave travels...
29 October 2018
A rare discovery helps scientists measure a key process in star formation
.... Now, by using a novel observation method, an international team of astronomers have discovered a striking circle of atomic hydrogen in a rare, isolated dark cloud named B227 – the first time such a structure has been seen in a molecular cloud. And...
January 2023
Asgardia expands its reach
...Asgardia’s primary mission - the birth of the first human child in space. The space nation is working towards an isolation experiment on the ground, simulating a year-long spaceflight involving several married couples of volunteers who would conceive...
December 2014
Ready for Mars? From Mars-500 to zero-gravity medical issues
... component in maintaining health and morale in these circumstances 34 ROOM Astronautics ©NASA Comparisons can be made with other isolated groups, such as nuclear submarine crews and Antarctic researchers. But deep space may be more akin to extreme...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
... and evacuation were part of the design considerations. These will not be available on a future human mission to Mars. In isolation, addressing higher level needs becomes an important design driver. Figure 2 shows how relevant crew support systems...
