March 2022
What space taught me about water
...science performed on the ISS is ultimately about improving life on Earth. The same processes developed and used to provide ...the scarce fresh kind, is an essential requirement for all life on Earth (right down to the cellular level), NASA tracks nearly...
September 2023
How microorganisms survive space travel
... we have started. Perhaps in the future we will be the first to get closer to solving the mystery of the emergence of life on Earth. About the authors Oleg I Orlov, Dr.Sci. (Med.), M.S., MBA is a Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS...
23 July 2015
Exoplanet Kepler 452b and what the search for a real life “Another Earth” means for human self-perception
... light years away from us. Everything we currently know about biological life dictates that in order to sustain it, a planet must have ...discovery of Kepler 452b is a good chance to reflect on Earth from an outside perspective. What if we are not alone...
02 October 2017
New molecule discovery may have implications for chemistry on Earth
... stable organohalogen in interstellar space, it simultaneously dashes hopes that its presence points to potential signs of life beyond our planet. On Earth chloromethane can be emitted by tropical plants and peat bogs, but this recent discovery shows...
October 2015
Houston, we have a Spaceport
...the ground across multiple industries. When Dream Chaser flies back to Earth, it may land at the Houston Spaceport. One of the ...space, and open up space for the betterment of life on Earth. Spaceports can be the catalyst for this new, thoroughly 21st ...
August 2016
Are the days of innovation in global space over - or just beginning?
...to NASA, the main engines propelling the Space Shuttle to Earth orbit generate a total of 37 million horse-power. Alternatively... (ISS) allows us to imagine living a life outside Earth’s atmosphere. Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield ...
