May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
... habitat object for discussion. At first glance the utility of a pillow in zero gravity might not be obvious. But, as we explore it in more detail,... contact with the user is the actual pillow. In zero gravity there is no need for head support, but it ...
09 April 2018
Plans for first-ever luxury space hotel unveiled
... host its first guests in 2022, you shouldn’t have to wait too long before experiencing the exhilaration of zero gravity while seeing numerous sunrises and sunsets, as Aurora completes an orbit of the Earth every 90 minutes. “We developed Aurora...
August 2021
Space research in embryology
...as illustrated by four specimens of ricefish during a 15-day spaceflight. Moreover, despite some difficulties in copulation due to zero gravity, the fish oviposited 43 eggs, which eventually produced eight juveniles in space (and 30 within three days...
May 2022
Design architecture for 3D printing a lunar habitat
... in space. In 2021, another German research team successfully 3D printed lunar regolith for the first time under zero gravity replicated on Earth in the Einstein elevator. Project MOONRISE used a customised laser mounted on the MIRA3D lunar rover...
January 2021
Taking out the trash in space
... performed on Earth with OSCAR, including testing at the NASA Glenn Research Center microgravity drop tower and zero gravity facilities. These tests were used as preliminary microgravity demonstrations to learn about the microgravity process and make...
January 2023
Asgardia expands its reach
... the tools to protect the female body from the negative factors associated with being in space, including zero gravity, cosmic rays and long-term isolation. On 4 November 2021, as part of a cooperation agreement with the Institute of Biomedical...
