November 2025
Extra-terrestrial Skyring: managing space debris with an artificial planetary ring
... foundation of a space-based economy, moving resources, shielding Earth orbiting satellites and perhaps collecting and beaming power ... of a space-based economy, moving resources, shielding Earth orbiting satellites and perhaps collecting and beaming ...
April 2026
Rethinking the spacesuit as a biological system
... maintain pressure in vacuum, regulate temperature across extremes, manage oxygen flow and carbon dioxide removal, and shield astronauts from micrometeoroids and radiation. Yet for all their sophistication, many of their core mechanical principles...
May 2026
Mars exploration – the nuclear option
...extra day in space for water, food, oxygen and shielding. Every additional kilogram adds to the fuel burden and every... safety, in-space reactor deployment and long-duration radiation shielding, the architecture demonstrates a core feasibility: that a ...
13 July 2015
ISS Conference: 2024 plans, LEO development & how CASIS manages risk aversion
... with the Boy Scouts of America, we’re also partnering with Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs of America, Girls, Inc.,” Shields said. “A big thrust that we have is reaching out to the under-represented demographics of girls, minorities, challenged communities...
28 April 2017
Cassini's first dive between Saturn and its rings
...large, four metre-dish-shaped high-gain antenna as a shield, against the flurry of oncoming ring particles. This meant ...that Cassini was out of contact with Earth while its shield was orientated at an angle to protect it. The craft, which ...
11 February 2019
Earth's magnetic north pole is on the move and its going fast
... iron in the Earth’s outer core throws out a protective shield, that protects life from the stream of charged particles constantly ...pouring out from the Sun. This shield, or rather magnetic field as we know it by, also...
