August 2016
Polish Space Agency pursues task of developing country’s space expertise
... were launched into orbit from the Kopernik 500 spacecraft in 1973. Other achievements included crystallization experiments in microgravity. Three years later the Space Research Centre (CBK) was launched by the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN...
May 2017
Recipe for success on flights to Mars
...reheated. Ideally, space food should be lightweight, compact in volume, nutritious, easy to prepare, eat and clean up (microgravity complicates all of these requirements), long lasting and delicious. For a mission to Mars, food will need to last ...
September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
... Mackay and Michael Masucci, provided Branson and three Virgin Galactic employees with a few short minutes of microgravity. Nine days later, marking the 52nd anniversary of Apollo 11’s lunar landing on 20 July, Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos...
March 2022
What space taught me about water
... Earth. The following article is based on an exclusive extract from her book. The coolest thing about living in microgravity is the ability to float around, but perhaps the most entrancing aspect is to experience the magic of floating water...
January 2021
Taking out the trash in space
...of space in December 2019 aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital rocket. OSCAR attained around three minutes of microgravity to demonstrate its features. About the author Annie Meier is chief of the Exploration Systems & Development Office which...
February 2023
How to grow plants in a spacecraft
...genetic mutations, so protecting plants from radiation should be a priority One of the main issues for astronauts’ health in microgravity is bone density loss. Our bones are constantly balanced between growth and resorption, allowing bones to respond...
