November 2025
Extra-terrestrial Skyring: managing space debris with an artificial planetary ring
... accumulation of space debris presents a rising threat - not just to operational satellites, but to the long-term sustainability of space exploration itself. With tens of thousands of objects already tracked and countless smaller fragments beyond our...
April 2026
Robotics is the future of space labour
... $1.1 billion. In its place, a fleet of commercial stations from Axiom Space, Starlab, Vast and Blue Origin aims to sustain both scientific discovery and a continuous American heartbeat in space. The first of these commercial space stations is set...
16 September 2024
IAF announces exciting programme for IAC in Milan
...75th International Astronautical Congress is an event you cannot afford to miss! With the motto 'Responsible Space for Sustainability', IAC 2024 is set to be a record-breaking event, featuring more than 150 international exhibitors and 4,000 speakers...
July 2019
Developing life support systems for human exploration missions beyond Earth
... primary driver for reducing unnecessary spares is reducing the uncertainty about the reliability of the components. Adopting a sustained, long-duration test campaign will reduce this uncertainty. Due to the expense of space qualified parts and...
April 2020
Evolutionary lessons for an interplanetary future
...do what we can to keep people alive and healthy? The ethics of having children on Mars is particularly challenging. A self-sustaining colony would necessarily require human reproduction, but life in a Martian colony will come with significant hazards...
February 2023
How to grow plants in a spacecraft
... spaceflight. Nutrition The nutritional balance of food supplied for space missions must be perfectly adapted for a crew to sustain a long journey in good health The nutritional balance of food supplied for space missions must be perfectly adapted...
