January 2023
LUNAR OASIS – architectural visions for an integrated lunar habitat
... and habitation design, as well as habitability and space psychology, was provided by an extended team of experts from space architecture and engineering, space companies and the European Space Agency. The goal was to experience how designing for...
October 2024
Revolutionising space medicine and global health through virtual and augmented reality
... complex scenarios, collaborate and innovate in ways previously unimaginable. Space agencies, such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA), are already applying Metaverse technologies for...
June 2019
Does the speed of light change with time?
..., Very Long Baseline Interferometry and global positioning. However, the world’s most expensive clock - the European Space Agency is investing US$50 million in this experiment - will benefit the physics community as it will also be used to test the...
January 2020
Collaborating to harness space innovation in healthcare
.... In many parts of the world, technology that was originally intended for use in space is now prevalent in other industries. For example, the European Space Agency (ESA) developed suits with embedded biomedical sensors to study how the human body...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... artificial items left in orbit as a result of human involvement that no longer serve a ‘useful’ purpose. The European Space Agency (ESA) stated in February 2020 that, according to statistical modelling, there were an estimated 34,000 debris objects...
16 February 2016
Sentinel-3A poised for liftoff later today
... is the most ambitious Earth Observation programme to date and is headed by the European Commission (EC) in partnership with the European Space Agency. It will provide accurate, timely and easily accessible information to improve the management...
