... two inch diameter chambers, it contains hundreds of images, poems, pieces of music, nano-objects, mechanisms and earthly samples intertwined through complex narratives that blur the boundaries between worlds seen and unseen. It is designed to direct...
China’s space achievements have been well-documented: three space stations, multiple lunar missions including a sample return, plans for a Lunar Research Base and a number of Mars missions, to name but a few. In parallel, China ...
... plummeted back to Earth. The original program was comprised of 56 experiments, including the growth of small 2-3 millimetre samples of human cartilage tissue and the thyroid gland of a rodent from a hydrogel-based material. Building spare body ...
... spacecraft will be able to descend to a lower altitude and collect some of the newly excavated material. This pristine sample, which could be packed with water and other organic material, will hopefully help scientists understand the...
... in the oven, ProSPA can process it by applying heat and by exposing it to selected reactants The progressive heating of the sample leads to a progressive release of volatiles that are either stored within ProSPA for later processing, or are directly...
...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...