November 2018
Monitoring illegal rainforest deforestation
... technologies on optical systems design and innovative construction techniques, using materials carefully selected for use in the space environment, and based on state-of-the-art signal and image processing tools to improve the image quality, with...
August 2016
Long-term spaceflight and microbiological safety issues
...-breakers when it comes to the longest period an organism has survived in space. They not only live on orbital stations but they develop, adapt to the space environment and are able to reproduce. The longer spacecraft operate the more...
March 2018
Zero gravity and the human heart
... would indicate multiple pathologies but astronauts experience no such problems; the data are normal in an outer space environment and are in accordance with a process of adaptation to zero-g. Karen Nyberg conducts an ocular health exam on herself...
June 2014
In thrall to a star: understanding the Sun will help us understand our own climate and environment
... and electrons, UV and X-ray radiation, embedded magnetic fields – all of which have a profound impact on the Earth’s space environment. Of particular concern are the transient sudden-onset events, the solar flares and coronal mass ejections...
March 2015
ESA’s Clean Space Initiative and the role of the LCA tool
..., or more precisely the overcrowding of the near-Earth environment. With the rapid development of space activities in an increasing number of countries and regions, some near- Earth space environments are becoming crowded, with many operational and...
June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
... state activity and commercial activity will need to be reconciled with the need to respect the fragile space environment if space activity is to be sustainable for future generations. Thanks are due to Dr. Michael Macaulay of Victoria University...
