May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
... ground and hurts someone”. This and other developments are well-intentioned and forward-looking in making space travel safe and sustainable. However, this is not a coordinated action at a time when there is a growing worldwide demand for...
October 2024
Revolutionising space medicine and global health through virtual and augmented reality
... exploration, telemedicine has served as a fundamental approach for delivering healthcare since the beginning of human space travel, by connecting crewmembers with physicians on the ground. With the Metaverse, real-time interaction between astronauts...
October 2024
Space industry trajectory under the spotlight of cultural anthropology
..., goes back much further than we might think. Human space travel first appeared in literature many centuries before it became a ... and from bookshops. What if we focused on unmanned space travel and let the last astronaut go? Just like Assata Shakur...
08 December 2021
Japanese billionaire heads to the ISS for a 12 day stay
... just over six hours, capping a banner year that many have seen as a turning point for private space travel. On launch day, Maezawa and his crew left their hotel in Baikonur to a Soviet-era song played for...
30 January 2017
Orion engineers test for vibrations and SLS completes a major review
... exploration vehicle that will carry the crew to space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew in the crew module during space travel, and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. Orion will launch on NASA...
July 2018
Using algae to support astronauts on deep space missions
... that dormant algal seed cultures can survive exposure to the vacuum of space in emergencies. So, algae are great at surviving the harsh conditions associated with space travel but one question that would-be recipients of an algae meal will be asking...
