April 2026
Art, imagination and the human spirit
... apparatus from a bygone space programme, left to rust. It actually made me feel calm. Study based on photos of prototype spacesuits. The artist’s take on this particular design is that it is stylish but probably very claustrophobic. Twenty-two years...
12 October 2015
2,000 Delegates Arrive in Jerusalem for Space Industry's Premier Annual Event
... Foundation, which will promote interest in space education among Israeli youth. The foundation presented three original spacesuits that will travel among Israeli schools. Heinlein Foundation representative Hart Dola said, “We hope that we will...
24 March 2016
Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Successfully Launched
... Earth's atmosphere); the Strata-I experiment (exploring regolith properties in microgravity and regolith interaction with spacecraft and spacesuit materials); the Gecko Gripper study (testing a gecko-inspired adhesive gripping device that can stick...
07 February 2018
Musk sets pace in the race to Mars
... sports car built by his other company, Tesla. Strapped inside the car was a dummy wearing a SpaceX spacesuit and soon after launch social media was alive with pictures of the car in orbit around Earth...
26 September 2018
A mini space elevator is being tested near the ISS
... strength cables has been initiated by a team of researchers at Shizuoka University, Japan. Before you start shopping for a spacesuit however, this is just a prototype and its very, very small – 10 centimetres per small cubic satellite to be precise...
25 March 2019
Moon isolation experiment begins in Moscow
... lunar surface in a small capsule. “Once there, they will carry out several ‘Moon walks’ while wearing spacesuits, collect samples and prepare a ‘settlement’ on the Moon – a very special experience,” Rogon emphasises. The other two...
