02 November 2020
ISS marks 20 years of humans on board
... space station is an integral part of space exploration," López-Alegría said. "We still haven't been able to build reliable life-support systems for a lengthy mission to Mars, such as carbon dioxide scrubbers to keep air breathable for long periods...
March 2016
Building Confidence and Reducing Risk in Space Resources Policy
... under the topmost layers of the Moon’s surface, potentially yielding material for rocket propellant and life support supplies The environment is characterised by a level of political risk. As Peter Marquez, Vice President for Global Engagement...
October 2016
Project MOONWALK
... of space missions. The Gandolfi-II suit comes, in the terrestrial configuration, close to the weight of a Z-1 suit (including life support system) on the Martian surface. Underwater it simulates the weight of such a suit on the Moon. Trials on the...
October 2017
Third quarter phenomenon - the psychology of time in space
...to many of the same stressors as those experienced by astronauts in space such as threats of danger, limited habitability and life support, and long periods of monotony and confinement. Earth-based space analogues typically include Antarctic research...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
.... To date, this combination of private investment and government support has resulted in a focus upon Earth orbit - and for... from Earth orbit to lunar orbit - but also life support systems and consumables, power generation and storage systems,...
February 2022
A new legal system for space
... this scenario on a commercial spaceflight: an English woman falls ill over Russia, a Chinese doctor tries to administer life support but gets into a dispute with an American physician trying to deliver an intravenous drip, which causes the captain...
