August 2016
Long-term spaceflight and microbiological safety issues
... to Earth and studied were found to contain mould fungi - penicillium (black mould fungus) and aspergilli. During the fifth main ...50 per cent of sample surfaces were covered with the mould mycelia. When examined under the microscope, changes in the ...
January 2016
Shifting Space Perspectives: Artistic Research as Connective Research Area
...principles in general, especially explorative growth, conducting experiments with slime mould, a single-cell organism which has optimised ‘path finding’. Slime mould became a co-designer to the team in designing connections for an exemplary structure...
March 2017
Space research inspires innovation in fashion
... like cyborgs with their bodysuits covered in neat configurations of multicolour LED lights mounted on artificial skin made of moulded transparent Plexiglas to create a body-hugging bodice. More often than not our fashion system looks at innovation...
December 2014
Ready for Mars? From Mars-500 to zero-gravity medical issues
...of lack of gravity include a reduction in red blood cell production plus a loss of immune resistance. As bacteria and mould growth appears to increase in spacecraft during zero gravity, great care will be required regarding hygiene and diet ...
October 2015
Japan’s H-IIA rocket: beautiful, accurate, and on-time
... up three-dimensional structures by selectively melting and solidifying metal powders. The process is free from metallic moulds and configures complicated shapes very close to specification for final products at a sharply reduced manufacturing cost...
January 2019
Materials make the space mission
... wear as well as biological growth - famously the Mir station, ISS’s predecessor, had surfaces pitted by fungi and mould. The single most challenging environment a spacecraft will face is during reentry, either to Earth - in the form of a reusable...
