January 2023
Clearing space junk from orbit
... of our planet become even more valuable. In the effort to fight global warming, satellites have become critical in monitoring human activities and developing the appropriate responses. While the use of Earth orbits provides numerous benefits...
January 2023
The effects of spaceflight on the female body
... spaceflight is associated with the restructuring of a whole range of processes in the body’s physiological systems which have been monitored and analysed for many years. However, specific changes in the female body under space conditions have...
November 2021
Space in support of sustainable development
... of climate change on the world’s ice has a direct connection to the measurement of sea levels, which are themselves monitored from space. There is a high degree of ignorance about the potential of space technology to contribute to achieving the SDGs...
November 2018
Purpose, promise and power – video from space
... a particular location – where, for example, a critical situation on the ground may require immediate information updates. VHR monitoring, with video capability, at multiple times of day, will create new exciting opportunities in the geo-located big...
August 2019
Lessons from the Sun
...? Knowing the impacts of the 4 August 1972 event, it is important to have a collective, worldwide effort in a number of areas: better monitoring of space weather at the Sun and near Earth advancing models that support exploration of the full range...
January 2020
Old rocks, new tricks - a lunar link to modern volcanology
... in a vulnerable world Understanding more about magma pathways in the past helps address a problem facing modern volcanology. Monitoring networks installed on the ground around active volcanoes, and satellites that watch from space, detect a range...
