July 2018
Using algae to support astronauts on deep space missions
... on the growth, metabolic loads and viability of algae. This includes, but is not limited to, parameters such as microgravity, atmospheric pressure and thermal swings, that are unique to the spaceflight cabin environment. At the same time, we are...
November 2019
Mexico’s path to space
... of the Moon. Forerunner to AEM, Mexico’s National CONEE was devoted to doing experimental work in rocketry, telecommunications and atmospheric studies from 1962 until November 1977. Ambitious plans AEM has opened a new era of involvement in space...
February 2020
Climate change and spaceports – a difficult balance
... about climate change have suggested they could damage the atmosphere and detrimentally affect the climate. In the UK, this.... Rocket engines also release trace gases into the upper atmosphere that contribute to ozone depletion, as well as particles ...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
...Brandau & Tilmann Siebeneichner. The boys-with-their-toys atmosphere had sufficient public resonance to inspire and support the ... fired re-engineered German military A-4 rockets into the atmosphere in the 1950s, they advertised their peaceful purpose ...
October 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
... satellite series [2016, 2019] in sun-synchronous orbits (SSO), according to state media used for “detecting the atmospheric and marine environment and space environment, as well as disaster control and other scientific experiments”. The Yunhai...
23 April 2021
Mars rover instrument, MOXIE, extracts first oxygen from Red Planet
..., and putting it through a processing plant, making it into a large structure, or taking carbon dioxide – the bulk of the atmosphere – and converting it into oxygen,” she said. “This process allows us to convert these abundant materials into useable...
