January 2022
International cooperation - the key to survival on Earth and in space
...Japan’s first H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV). After his mission, he chaired the technical committee of the second EU-...influence long-term survivability in space, for example for missions to Mars. Some of these aspects are of course linked to radiation, ...
October 2024
Lunar construction with regolith and robots
...problems and interactions (see Figure 7). The facility is aligned with ESA’s robotic exploration programme requirements for missions including Mars Sample Return. A critical aspect of its work involves the simulation and validation of plume-structure...
14 March 2016
And it's off! ExoMars 2016 launches successfully
... Trace Gas Orbiter and its entry, descent and landing demonstrator module (Schiaparelli) is on track for its mission to Mars. “At this moment we are at the beginning of a long and exciting sequence of events today. Sending a satellite into Earth...
11 June 2021
China unveils new Mars images, and prepares to launch first astronauts to space station
... in the coming days. At a ceremony in Beijing today, Zhang Rongqiao, chief designer of China's first Mars exploration mission unveiled four new images of Mars that include the landing site panorama, the martian landscape and a selfie of the rover...
20 January 2021
"Mole" on NASA's InSight mission to dig no more
... successful: We’ve learned a lot that will benefit future missions to Mars and elsewhere, and we thank our German partners from ...The mole’s design was based on soil seen by previous Mars missions – soil that proved very different from what the mole ...
February 2016
Shifting Space Perspectives: Artistic Research as Connective Research Area
...50C and +50C. As a simulation test-bed for preparing human missions to Mars and to the Moon, SHEE is self-sufficient for a two... for two weeks, as they would in a nominal short mission space scenario. SHEE is thus the first European space habitat ...
