... and the Research and Technology Society of the USSR on non-rocket space transport systems and using microgravity for industrial purposes. He also holds a number of international patents relating to inventions in space transport...
... for 2017. Operational challenges Many on-orbit assembly capabilities face space environment challenges, such as microgravity, atomic oxygen (in LEO), radiation and micrometeoroid impacts. It may therefore be necessary to deploy a protective shell...
... be useful, they are not entirely true representations of the space environment, especially when it comes to issues of microgravity and radiation. An international crew of researchers on MARS500 (from left): Alexey Sergeyevich Sitev (Russia), Romain...
... Lab, an interactive exhibit that uses special effects to trick the mind and create the illusion of being in a microgravity environment. The Powerhouse is also home to the Mars Lab, an innovative education programme that brings together high...
... area for deep space investment. Space manufacturing has been pioneered by the additive manufacturing demonstrated in microgravity on the International Space Station (ISS) by NASA partner, Made in Space. What remains to be demonstrated is to refine...
The United States’ private space sector is robust and flourishing, not only in its most visible components, with launch service providers like SpaceX and Orbital ATK, but in all facets of space exploration and utilisation. This is largely due to the...