July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
... them, but also researchers, scientists and, not least, tourists, will have the chance to experience space travel. This means that the space environment must be totally rethought and redesigned according to the physiological and psychological needs...
August 2021
Space research in embryology
... of the cerebrospinal axis. The fertility rate was lower in cases where cryopreserved spermatozoa were exposed to the space environment for nine months in order to fertilise mouse oocytes on Earth. The experiment emphasised the role of gamete changes...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
... the objectives of equitable access… to meet the needs of the present generations while preserving the outer space environment for future generations”. The difficulty in identifying the necessary consensus is highlighted in their gestation period...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
... newer and goes back only a decade or so. It, too, has its origins in concerns about debris pollution of the space environment, but we now also see this as symptomatic of a more complex set of underlying, interrelated issues. However, because of the...
September 2023
How microorganisms survive space travel
... Experiments using Exobiofrost The Exobiofrost equipment (Figure 6) makes it possible to expose bio-objects to the open space environment in special containers, which are closed with a lid during re-entry to prevent overheating during passage through...
26 January 2018
NASA launches GOLD to study Earth-space boundary
... in solar flares, flurries of energised particles make their way towards Earth with the potential to disrupt our space environment. Such influences are not only difficult to predict, but dramatic changes can also occur in as little as an hour...
