June 2021
The coolest experiment on the ISS
... applications of CAL’s research. The Cold Atom Laboratory is a facility on the International Space Station (ISS) which utilises the unique microgravity environment in space. In July 2018, scientists used the lab to produce Bose-Einstein condensate...
12 April 2016
ULA teams up with Bigelow
... provider. The goal is to launch the first of two B330s in 2020 and ideally that would be attached to the International Space Station (ISS), which would require NASA's approval, said Bigelow Aerospace founder and president Robert Bigelow. "Each B330...
12 October 2018
Soyuz investigation focuses on second stage failure
... FG booster and it is not yet clear what impact the abort might have on upcoming crewed flights to the International Space Station (ISS). A Progress supply ship is scheduled for launch at the end of the month and the...
October 2018
Funding the space frontier – a moment that changed the Universe
... shift now underway. It happened at 5:28 am EDT on 30 April 2001, hurtling through space at 17,100 mph, 250 miles above the Earth, the airlock hatch on the International Space Station (ISS) opened and a small, balding older man (who one commentator...
July 2020
Key technologies for space exploration
... for NASA, moving cargo to and from the International Space Station (ISS), for which the launch window opens in late 2021... it needs to manoeuvre in close proximity to the International Space Station, dock, un-dock, re-enter the atmosphere and land...
May 2021
In-situ propellant design for Mars ascent vehicles
..., we are living in the Earth-dependent era of space exploration, which uses assets such as the International Space Station (ISS). Various experiments have been conducted onboard the ISS to understand the effects of microgravity, such as flame...
