22 June 2021
Not Necessarily Rocket Science
... path” as an example. According to her bio, as a popular science communicator, Kellie Gerardi has “flown multiple microgravity research campaigns as a citizen scientist and space-suited human test subject”. Despite being a “non-engineer”, Gerardi...
October 2019
Skyrora – building on British space heritage
...-off business to cater for the sounding rocket market, carrying payloads for commercial or scientific microgravity research, of up to 100 kg. It would offer several minutes of weightlessness for experiments, followed by descent, parachute landing and...
July 2021
Collaboration and competition in lunar exploration
... the past decade, multiple private organisations have provided commercial services onboard the ISS for microgravity research, CubeSat deployment, in-space manufacturing and other activities. Meanwhile, private companies such as NanoRacks and Axiom...
07 November 2018
China unveils its new space station 'Heavenly Palace'
... modules for scientific experiments and it will be able to house three astronauts on a permanent basis to conduct biological and microgravity research. And China is not keeping the space station all to itself. Earlier this year, the country announced...
January 2023
The effects of spaceflight on the female body
...PhD in Biology and is a Deputy Head of Department/Senior Researcher at the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of... a Head of Bone & Metabolic Effects of Microgravity Research Laboratory at the Institute of Biomedical Problems of ...
