11 June 2025
Milestone in space reproduction as IVF prototype successfully tested in orbit
... intact. Onboard yeast cultures (in subsequent missions, mouse embryos will be used) survived successfully, validating key life support mechanisms with onboard sensors and images confirming all internal components remained secured and operational...
August 2020
Opportunities for young people in the space sector
... Physical Sciences Instrumentation section in the Netherlands, working on the MELiSSA (Micro-Ecological Life Support System Alternative) project to develop closed-loop life support for future deep-space expeditions. Giant leaps for the future Large...
March 2016
The Use of 3D Printing for Space Applications
...inflatable structure containing the internal habitat and life support equipment for astronauts. The 3D printed dome is ... using solar power and in-situ resources could support rapid construction of post-disaster emergency shelters, ...
June 2015
Training space tourists to fly to the ISS at the Gagarin Centre
... safety and knowing how to act in emergency situations, we take special care when it comes to teaching them about life-support systems. Physical training, medical training, training to prepare for how flight will affect them, foreign language...
October 2016
Project MOONWALK
... of space missions. The Gandolfi-II suit comes, in the terrestrial configuration, close to the weight of a Z-1 suit (including life support system) on the Martian surface. Underwater it simulates the weight of such a suit on the Moon. Trials on the...
February 2018
European centre shifts emphasis to deep space missions
..., water processing and waste management, simulation and virtual reality, robotics and human-robotic interaction, and life support and habitability. Taken together these initiatives improve the skills and facilities already present at EAC, building...
