... to Earth and eventual repair and re-launch. Thereafter the MMU was side-lined, thought too risky in the new safety culture after the Challenger disaster of early 1986. Tasks intended for the MMU were re-designed to be done with manipulator...
... in China on space robotic arms, and China may have flown a satellite equipped with a robotic arm. Beyond the challenge of making a robot arm that could survive in space, there are numerous issues of control that these missions...
... to put numbers against them, and they are context-dependent. To highlight the challenges, a current research focus is related to the minimum acceptable habitat volume for the crew. Test volumes have to be tested against tasks, across working, eating...
...creatively in a single physical space, for an adult (and young) audience to appreciate and revel in? In an over-informed world, the challenge facing space museums isn’t just about good science communication, it’s also about finding new ways to create...
... using nuclear propulsion to accomplish interstellar flight. To understand the challenge, we have to turn to Tsiolkovsky’s key mathematical formula - the rocket equation, which specifies the parameters needed for a rocket to achieve a given level...
... others, space exploration helps us to address fundamental questions about our place in the universe and the history of our solar system. By addressing the challenges related to human spaceflight in low Earth orbit and beyond, we expand technology...