February 2020
Surviving bacteria in space
... only increase for future missions to the Moon and Mars. This article, based on a presentation at the Asgardia Space Science & Investment Congress (ASIC) in Darmstadt, Germany, in October, explains some of the issues and describes the state of play...
January 2021
Asgardia’s project for a new module to expand Space Station
... Station which, in November 2020, marked two decades of continuous occupation. During the first Asgardia Space Science & Investment Conference, held in Germany in October 2019, a project to add a new commercially procured docking module to the ISS...
March 2021
Campuses, clusters and a leading force in UK space
...the world’s largest fully steerable meteorological radar and carries out research in atmospheric science, radio communications, astronomy, space science and technology. In Cheshire sits STFC’s Daresbury Laboratory, recently awarded funding to support...
06 January 2021
India lays out its space plans for the next 10 years
...’s research and development Inertial System’s Unit (IISU) has been asked to scale up its capabilities to support the space science & exploration missions in the next decade, while its ISTRAC and Master Control Facility (MCF) will upgrade...
February 2016
Defending Earth against cosmic hazards
... right to the heart of the issue. Do we have the will and the ‘smarts’ to survive and has human space science risen to a level sufficient for us to identify significant cosmic hazards that could threaten the survival of the human...
July 2019
Stepping into space with STEAM
... and, yes, settlers too, are currently to be found in classrooms around the world. And as our world embraces space science and space exploration on a whole new level, it is imperative that we address the question: “How will we thrive, not just...
