17 February 2021
ESA is looking for new European astronauts
.... After that, the six-stage selection process will start. This is expected to be completed in October 2022. "Becoming an astronaut has been a dream come true. It brings together many of my passions: science and technology, complex machines, demanding...
December 2014
Skolkovo and a new breed of Russian space startups
...Kokorich was inspired to create the company after meeting the lateRoscosmos director Vladimir Popovkin at the International Astronautical Congress in Capetown in 2011. After obtaining a licence for space production, by the end of 2012, Dauria had won...
June 2017
Automated or human-operated systems?
...systems with automated functions in order to remove the human error liability possible or desirable? And although replacing astronauts with robots might reduce the inconvenience and costs of the necessary life sustainment functions required in manned...
August 2018
UAE’s ambitious plans for space sector growth
...ROOM’s managing editor Clive Simpson during the 2017 International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Australia, to discuss... objective. Is it important for UAE to have its own astronauts? Mars 2017 is an initiative by the government to create ...
August 2021
Robotic systems for psychological support
...actually a single camera lens located at the approximate centre of the eyes. Kirobo is the first Japanese robot-astronaut developed by the University of Tokyo. The robot’s capabilities include voice and speech recognition, natural language processing...
15 October 2021
China to launch astronauts on longest crewed mission yet
... CAVES (Cooperative Adventure for Valuing and Exercising human behavior and performance Skills). As it sounds, CAVES involves astronauts from around the world staying underground in a Sardinian cave for six days to work on multi-cultural approaches...
