May 2020
Mixed reality in the design of space habitats
..., concepts and solutions will have to be developed. Astronauts living on the International Space Station for extended periods... navigation skills. For example, VR was used to train astronauts in the repair and maintenance of the Hubble Space Telescope,...
June 2021
Autonomous robots in space
... be assimilated in real-time. NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are, of course, keenly focused on ensuring astronaut safety, so the opportunities to look at ADSS technology for space applications quickly became apparent. Project aims The...
July 2021
Canadarm2 - 20 years of Canadian space robotics on the ISS
...CSA’s valued partnership with NASA resulted in more Canadian astronaut flights on the Space Shuttle as well as long-duration... out, far exceeding their design life. Spacewalking astronauts replaced those parts, further proving the maintainability of...
January 2023
Private space stations and NASA’s effort to re-invent itself
... arrangement. This approach had already been used successfully to develop private capsules to carry cargo and then astronauts to the ISS. So, NASA sought a private partner to design, build, launch and operate a private space station in partnership...
October 2024
Cupola views: Karen Nyberg’s space-inspired fabric lines
...exclaiming “Made in space!” It’s not the first time that astronauts have carried small stuffed toys in space. It is a custom...’s control panel. When it begins to float, the astronauts know that they are weightless and have safely entered orbit...
02 January 2018
Five awesome ideas for an adult's astronaut party
... There are many easy and cheap ways to make a DIY astronaut costume if you like to use your hands, and if not,...walking on the moon, but with a bit of imagination and some astronaut costumes, you won’t be short of laughs and entertainment during the ...
