April 2017
Surviving radiation for space colonisation
Building a space colony that will protect and sustain a population of hundreds or even thousands of colonists in an environment that is hostile to human life presents huge technological and economic challenges. One of the greatest challenges for ...
May 2017
Growing plants without gravity
...process and send to Earth collected data on the plants’ environment and the conditions of the greenhouse modules. In 1990, ... data obtained on root moisture levels during these space experiments provided the necessary information to allow astronauts ...
May 2018
Challenging the boundaries of materials science
... testing, NASA, with support from the European Space Agency (ESA), has conducted a series of space experiments to determine the best materials to survive in the space environment. One outstanding experiment involved placing a bus-sized cylindrical...
July 2019
Science and sensation in microgravity
... Go), and another flight with Usain Bolt to inaugurate the first bottle of champagne adapted for conviviality in the space environment, having required several flights by the designer team, who were interested in the cultural dimension of spaceflight...
