December 2014
Technology drives space exploration: we won’t make it to Mars without investment
... Alexander Gerst, who recently returned to Earth after nearly six months, conducts an experiment in the European-built Microgravity Science Glovebox. More needs to be done to make the resources of the ISS available to the wider research community...
December 2014
Space for Earth: How ESA wants to use lessons learned above on the ground
... needs, including contributions from space science, Earth observation (EO), telecommunications, navigation, human space flight, microgravity and launchers. A number of overarching themes have already been identified: energy, oceans, Arctic and...
October 2015
Eating in space: from Michelin-starred chefs to self-sufficiency
..., and make food seem less tasty and appealing. More importantly perhaps, as it’s far less easy to mitigate, microgravity and weightlessness makes fluids in the body shift to the head, which has a similar effect to blocked sinuses...
October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
... are conducting a ‘Year In Space’ mission, teaching us how the human body reacts during long-term exposure to microgravity, and how we can mitigate the impacts. In addition to biomedical research, they and future crews will continue...
March 2016
The Use of 3D Printing for Space Applications
... disassemble and fix malfunctioning units. On-orbit printers also offer the prospect of designing mission parts for microgravity manufacturing. Since the parts manufactured on-orbit will not experience launch loads, metals can be replaced by polymers...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
... are already transforming how human beings live on Earth, as well as facilitating ground-breaking research on the effects of microgravity on the human body over long periods of time. As the technological revolution accelerates, many countries are...
