September 2023
How microorganisms survive space travel
...most extreme conditions. The Biorisk project provides a unique opportunity to assess the presence of biological matter in soil samples when exposed in near-Earth orbit. Thus the project will address a range of urgent exobiological problems concerning...
December 2014
Asteroid Redirect Mission: preparing for Mars in deep space
... in-space operations to explore, select, collect and secure samples from the asteroid NASA’s first flight test of Orion ...to two different locations to identify, collect and contain samples for return to Earth. Advanced EVA systems under development ...
July 2020
Investigations into plant growth on the Moon
...centre of the clinostat using double-sided tape. The 1 g control sample served as a control for growth rate analysis for the clinorotated-sample. The clinorotated-sample mounted on the clinostat was subjected to a rotation-speed of 85 revolutions-per...
March 2016
Mining outer space may be cool but is it legal?
...lunar material under strict NASA control NASA claims that the samples are ‘a limited national resource and a future heritage’ and...prosecuted any individual thought to have obtained any lunar samples. Geostationary orbit has become its own economy, and...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
...return capsule, to enter Earth’s atmosphere and land with the samples intact in Siziwangqi, Mongolia. All of these spacecraft had to... human mission plans for the early 2030s. The lunar sample return tested in miniature most of the operations and many...
01 November 2019
Can Artemis deliver the payload it seeks from the Moon?
... asked for; “Orion does not have specific storage to match the HLS [Human Landing System] sample return volume. Sample return mass to Earth via Orion might require mission-by-mission decisions on storage within Orion and...
