January 2019
Visiting an asteroid to find out how life began
... back at JAXA’s Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences, this cargo may be a snapshot of the very beginnings of life on Earth. Graphic showing release of MINERVA-II. About the authors Makoto Yoshikawa is the Mission Manager for Hayabusa2 at the...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
...our critical international infrastructure and intrinsic to everyday life on Earth. Each day billions of people around the world ...delivered to space 4700 satellites still orbiting the Earth 1800 satellites still functional (meaning about 62 percent...
April 2021
On Mars as it is on Earth - preparing for settlement
... an open-ended future of expansion into the rest of the universe, and by doing so help to ensure the security of life on Earth as well. There are, however, two problems with this rosy vision. The three-acre Biosphere 2 research...
June 2022
Space logistics: achieving end-to-end mobility for space
...satellites are effectively ‘trapped’ for the whole of their lifetime. As we can already see in our day-to-day life on Earth, the performance of any infrastructure is nothing if not supported by organised logistics services. With the upcoming in-space...
October 2017
Colouring our view of the oceans
...for the existence of life on Earth and for the wellbeing of Earth’s inhabitants and ecosystems ...colour Marine phytoplankton account for about half of all photosynthetic activity on Earth and most of the oxygen we breathe Launched on 16 February 2016...
June 2021
The next ‘unthinkable’ – global disruption from a solar storm
... technology-dependent world are still only paid cursory attention, despite the disruption it could cause to daily life on Earth. According to financial risk manager Calogero Nicosia it is a threat that should be taken seriously and not only by those...
