September 2016
Paediatric cancer patients aim for the stars with space inspired art project
... if he could help me get accurate specs for a space suit. Jacob Ballard, who has participated in the HOPE spacesuit project, pictured with his mum Letha at the SpaceX launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, before the...
08 October 2026
Axiom sets path to commercial space station era
... missions to the International Space Station. “To be a human space exploration company, you need astronauts, you need a spacesuit and you need a space station,” Cirtain told journalists. “And we’re working to develop all three.” Increasingly, however...
October 2021
Mining lunar hydrogen
... Apollo programme proved that an astronaut protected by a spacesuit of 14 special material layers, including nylon, lead,...it can be best collected at minimum cost. The protective spacesuits and life support systems of Apollo allowed astronauts such as...
June 2020
Astrovan II - your ride to space is here
... to the launch pad and, because of the size of their spacesuits and life support systems, this has typically involved some sort of transporter...Space Center (KSC), wearing their bulky white spacesuits and carrying their portable suit ventilators. The ...
October 2026
Who will build humanity’s future in space?
... consider it their cocoon.” Unfortunately, even the safest cocoon can fail. On 16 July 2013, Italy’s Luca Parmitano’s spacesuit cooling system began leaking during a spacewalk. Water quickly accumulated inside his helmet, impairing his hearing...
October 2021
Russia and China – a new space axis
... sides had no contact until China went shopping in Moscow in the ‘new Russia’ in 1992, buying docking systems, spacesuits and training time in Star Town for two prospective cosmonauts (or ‘hangtianyuan’ in Chinese). There were several items...
