September 2026
Can Starlab offer Europe a future in Earth orbit?
... ISS partner, contributing laboratories, cargo systems and astronaut capability while benefiting from access to long-duration microgravity research, and Smith repeatedly returned to the idea that Europe risks treating post-ISS access as an optional...
October 2024
Off-Earth risks to the human skeleton
... computed tomography of lower-leg bones. About the authors Valery E Novikov is Leading Researcher of Bone & Metabolic Effects of Microgravity Research Laboratory at the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBMP RAS...
April 2026
Robotics is the future of space labour
... groups, government agencies and commercial companies have relied on the ISS for crucial microgravity research. Over 20 years of this research has yielded groundbreaking discoveries that impact our life on Earth – better semiconductors, fibre-optics...
26 October 2021
Blue Origin and Sierra Space announce development of a commercial space station
... orbit. The Orbital Reef will carry forward the singular legacy of the ISS, supporting innovative microgravity research, development, and manufacturing activities which will advance fields as diverse as communications and biotechnology,” said Mike...
February 2016
The Benefits of a British Spaceport
... alone so all the major players are looking at the potentially lucrative prospects of using their craft for microgravity research flights as well. Virgin Galactic and XCOR both predict a future niche market for affordable...
April 2024
Commercial launch development in Spain
... enlarging our production capacity, as we move from the research and development phase to commercial production. We hope to ... into orbit than doing microgravity research. We may try to do two or three launches a year just for research, but we don’t ...
