January 2020
Apollo girl - camaraderie and discrimination in the Apollo era
... was at fault for a non-nominal launch trajectory display for the Mariner Mars mission in the spring of 1971. Nominal trajectories were displayed during the mission in order to track progress. Very soon after launch, it was clear that...
January 2021
Taking out the trash in space
... point to the lunar surface each year, or potentially providing course corrections (depending on spacecraft size) for a Mars mission. The team has investigated many varying technologies for solid-togas conversion for space applications, including...
15 September 2021
SpaceX ready to launch private, all-civilian crew into Earth orbit
...SEAS) Habitat as well as the NASA-funded four-month Mars mission at HI-SEAS. She will be only the fourth African ...four crew will represent the four values promoted by the mission: leadership; hope; generosity; and prosperity, whilst also showing...
09 April 2019
US space chiefs justify ambitious exploration plans
...want, we can get to the surface of the moon.” He envisions reorganising the agency to include a new Moon to Mars Mission Directorate. The Trump administration already submitted its fiscal year 2020 budget request to Congress. Bridenstine acknowledged...
15 February 2017
ROOM joins two European universities in a project promoting space awareness
...-organisms for potentially creating life in space; space tourism; the psychological and technological aspects of Moon and Mars missions. The five articles were selected based on the top articles chosen by students in each university out of two...
17 August 2016
NASA Asteroid Redirect Mission Review Complete
... capture mechanism. Credit: NASA artist’s concept The Asteroid Redirect Mission is expected to send a robotic spacecraft to an asteroid ... purposes. The mission will also help gain invaluable experience for future manned Mars missions. According to ...
