August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
... approach would even have the bonus that it could be used as a variable gravity laboratory and not just a microgravity laboratory. However, the NASA post-Apollo programme envisaged large stations in orbit and surface bases on the...
March 2021
Eyes on the prize
... materials, a Space Manufacturing Prize would reward an innovative company that demonstrates the manufacture of a product in the microgravity environment of space followed by its safe return to Earth without the use of the International Space Station...
May 2021
Taking quantum into space
... these systems as well as testing them out for space-readiness. The lack of an atmosphere and the presence of microgravity in space, also makes it the perfect environment to conduct fundamental physics experiments and many such experiments are...
July 2021
Collaboration and competition in lunar exploration
..., over the past decade, multiple private organisations have provided commercial services onboard the ISS for microgravity research, CubeSat deployment, in-space manufacturing and other activities. Meanwhile, private companies such as NanoRacks and...
August 2021
Born to juggle in space
Adam Dipert is a self-professed cosmophile with a diverse skill set. As a physicist with a 20-year career in circus arts, juggling and dance, it was only a matter of time before his love of movement and intrigue with outer space merged. Adam was ...
January 2022
Earth - no longer humanity’s only home
... Kornienko conduced a ‘Year In Space’ mission, teaching us how the human body reacts during long-term exposure to microgravity and how we can mitigate the impacts. Mark Vande Hei is continuing in that tradition with another one...
