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...
19 July 2019
The day humanity walked on the Moon
... facility, preparations to set foot on the moon took longer than expected and by the time the cumbersome spacesuits had been put on, the winds had subsided. This allowed the telescope transmitter, which had a power...
23 August 2019
Energetic eruption helps astronomers peer deep within Jupiter's atmosphere
... a storm brewing on the Solar System’s biggest planet; one that while spectacular to see, could strip the spacesuit from your skin with its toxic composition. How do we know this? Scientists using ALMA have been...
