February 2023
How to grow plants in a spacecraft
... not drown the roots will be needed. The plant’s response to the space environment is more difficult to evaluate. Some aspects of that environment, such as restricted space, can direct our choice toward dwarf varieties. However, some other aspects...
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...
April 2025
A bun in the (space) oven - Reasons not to get pregnant while going around Earth at 7.8 kilometres per second
...: maybe there is some stage in the reproductive cycle that is irreparably damaged by the space environment, or maybe bodies can compensate for the space environment and be totally fine in the end. We just don’t know yet. Astronauts (clockwise...
October 2025
Satellite technology - from operational challenges to strategic opportunities
... that are difficult and expensive to replicate on Earth, but modern simulation tools can recreate the harsh space environment virtually, testing how materials and components will respond to radiation, thermal cycling and mechanical stresses before...
April 2026
An alternative model for pulsars and spiral galaxies
... world record for ‘resolution per mass of satellite’. He has recently published Space Traffic Control, a book which describes the measures needed to maintain the space environment and protect satellites from both natural hazards and man-made...
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...
