January 2017
Blueprint for NASA’s journey to Mars
..., such as robotic arms and laboratory modules on the International Space Station (ISS), to innovative concepts surrounding in-space propulsion and deep space habitats, utilisation of technologies through government and industry partners is not...
12 April 2016
ULA teams up with Bigelow
...aerospace companies are teaming up to launch the giant space habitats to orbit with the first targeted for 2020 in ...marks the first commercial partnership between a launch provider and a space-habitat provider. The goal is to launch the first of two ...
09 April 2016
Flawless launch for SpaceX Dragon
... Expeditions 47 and 48. "The cargo will allow investigators to use microgravity conditions to test the viability of expandable space habitats, assess the impact of antibodies on muscle wasting, use protein crystal growth to aid the design of new...
February 2021
Supporting sustainable lunar development
... relative to the highest bid. A future lunar base. Avoiding coercion There are plans to create LDCs at experimental space habitats in various locations The LDC would not be a landlord, but a service provider. It wouldn’t claim to own areas of the...
January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
...six US companies developing full-sized ground prototypes and concepts for deep space habitats under NASA’s NextSTEP-2 partnerships programme. As the demand for deep space services increases, a virtuous cycle that funds additional supply should emerge...
July 2018
Using algae to support astronauts on deep space missions
...produced by algae in our oceans, so why not try to duplicate those biological processes as a life support system in a space habitat? Perhaps surprisingly, the idea of implementing an algal photobioreactor to do just this is not new. In fact, research...
