13 November 2020
NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission gets ready for launch tomorrow
...trip will also mark the longest-duration human space mission ever launched from US soil. NASA paved the... return," NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins told reporters during a pre-mission news conference. Yesterday, the four Commercial Crew astronauts suited up...
October 2025
Pioneering affordable and flexible access to near space
... payloads can include multispectral sensors, telecommunications relays, or onboard AI processors, adaptable for short- or long-duration missions. Operational flexibility: systems can be launched from remote or mobile sites with minimal infrastructure...
October 2017
Third quarter phenomenon - the psychology of time in space
... occur during their time in space. However, what works aboard the ISS may not be as effective for long-duration missions into deep space and the predicted time-based changes may emerge when less support from...
May 2021
In-situ propellant design for Mars ascent vehicles
...condensed combustion products (CCP) during combustion. Magnesium hydride increases specific impulse, but is impractical for long-duration missions due to its poor dehydrogenation kinetic and hydrogen storage efficiency. Diborane has the same features...
26 February 2018
Spaceman: an astronaut’s unlikely journey to unlock the secrets of the universe
... astronaut, to the time of his inevitable ‘grounding’. After his last flight, he had a chance to go back for a long-duration mission to the ISS but decided against it: “I calculated the date of my return as the week before Daniel would graduate ...
November 2021
The philosophy of space missions today
.... This is an issue that arises with every long-duration mission beyond the limits of Earth orbit. The ethical ...matters that should be studied in detail before the first long-term space missions beyond Earth orbit, and for those tasked with making ...
