A Night Shift Like Never Before
On April 3, ESA's Sentinel-1A environmental monitoring satellite launched from the Kourou spaceflight center in French Guiana. Just when the... Read more →
From Rocket to Space Hotel
Utilizing existing technology and sustainably housing humans in space is a seemingly futuristic concept that already has its wheels in motion today.... Read more →
Satellites in the Media
These images from Thai satellite Thaichote were thought to indicate possible debris from MH370. The public has received a crash course in how to... Read more →
Living in Space: Radiation
As we push toward a space settlement future, some of the earliest safety questions will regard deadly radiation. How will people live safely in space... Read more →
Modern Dreams About the Sky and the Earth
Fig. 1 The three-storey space hotel by Sergey Makarov For various reasons, it is not just science fiction writers and dreamers: scientists around... Read more →
Cassini-Huygens: Preventing Biological Contamination
In 2017 a spacecraft will plunge through the rings of Saturn and burn up in a fiery denouement in the atmosphere of the gas giant. The probe will... Read more →