October 2018
Developing wearable technologies for space and Earth
..., using a laptop as a virtual reality display to train in the use of the Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER) jet pack. Astronauts use the SAFER during spacewalks to prevent them from floating away from the ISS...
April 2019
Space launch industry analysis
... launch vehicles, is so much more reliable? This is partly because of the gentler ‘steady state’ conditions that commercial jets experience during cruise. Even at full thrust during take-off, smoothly-running turbofans usually operate well...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
...-driven human space exploration paradigm. About the author Tibor Balint is a Principal Human Centred Designer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and an Adjunct Faculty Member at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. His current...
May 2019
Unlocking the full potential of Earth observation
... get their data down faster, airlines could save 20 percent on fuel costs by more efficiently routing their jets around storms. To make the most of Earth observation satellites, we need a highspeed data connection in space Earth observation...
February 2020
Visions of spaceflight before the Space Age
... readers, such as The First Book of Space Travel (Franklin Watts, 1953) by Jeanne Bendick and Rockets and Jets (Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1952) by Marie Neurath. In this age of instant information and communication, books still...
May 2020
Space astronomy at the limits of technology
... manager Joseph Hunt declaring the spacecraft decommissioned and the its mission concluded in mission control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, on 30 January 2020. My first Great Observatory was the Hubble Space Telescope (HST...
