01 October 2019
Where Once We Stood - Stories of the Apollo astronauts who walked on the Moon
... a filmmaker to bring the somewhat prosaic transcripts to life, while maintaining technical accuracy and adding his own thoughtful...backing out of a narrow doorway, bum first, with his life support systems strapped to his back, is an undignified way to...
23 December 2019
Starliner lands successfully despite problems during inaugural flight
... alignments using its navigation system Tested Starliner’s NASA Docking System Validated all environment control and life support systems Completed a positive command uplink between the International Space Station and Starliner “Today’s successful...
June 2015
The real Interstellar: space travel theories from Tsiolkovsky to wormholes
..., are essential to making a viable interstellar craft. The study of thermonuclear synthesis fits here, as do studies of closed life support systems and the search for and study of exoplanets. Entire fields of knowledge have grown out of the ...
February 2019
The challenge of procreation for future off-world settlers
... has all of the heavier components in the bottom section - water tanks, battery packs, propulsion systems and life support. The middle section might be living and work quarters, and the upper level open for exercise...
October 2021
Russia and China – a new space axis
... and Zvezda, but used modern construction techniques like 3D printing and took advantage of China’s experiments in closed life support systems developed by Moscow-educated Liu Hong in the Yuegong ‘lunar palaces’. China too, declared its interest...
February 2023
The scientific basis for lunar helium-3 production
... have been shown to be of great practical significance, as they allow the prediction of microbial behaviour in the creation of life support systems for space flights, permanent settlements on the planets and methods for mining minerals there. About...
