15 June 2020
Green dayglow detected at Mars for the first time
... been scouring the spectrum looking for the ‘green’ atomic oxygen emission since then. They have found other types of dayglow...effects that can be seen in dayglow emission features. The oxygen atoms that produce the green-line emission come from CO2 ...
May 2018
Challenging the boundaries of materials science
... metal due to surface wear and the absence of oxygen to regenerate oxide protection layers. The materials and processes...after the HST’s first service mission, showing the atomic oxygen protection silicone coating to have darkened (from clear to brown...
November 2019
PROSPECTing for lunar polar volatiles
... their utilisation. This may include the production of fuel for rocket stages, harvesting of water and generation of oxygen for astronaut life support, and other applications supporting a future human presence. Therefore both scientists and...
March 2016
Resource Prospector – a Lunar Pathfinder
...for processing. The samples are then deposited into the Oxygen and Volatile Extraction Node (OVEN), which evolves volatiles ...by heating the regolith in a sealed chamber and extracting oxygen and hydrogen. RP15 will carry an ETU version of OVEN...
May 2017
Growing plants without gravity
... and Plan for Conquering Interplanetary Space, he also suggested the construction of a cylindrical space greenhouse in order to obtain oxygen, food and clean the air in the capsule. “Man then achieves greater independence from Earth, as he is able...
October 2017
Colouring our view of the oceans
... half of all photosynthetic activity on Earth and most of the oxygen we breathe. This stunning image was obtained by OLCI on ... of all photosynthetic activity on Earth and most of the oxygen we breathe Launched on 16 February 2016, the ESA-developed...
