Results of Protein Crystal Growth experiment in Kibo (Flash report) Last Updated: November 1, 2018 The protein crystals acquired in the High-Quality Protein Crystal Growth (PCG) experiment during Astronaut Kanai’s stay on the International Space Station (ISS) were brought back to Earth by the Dragon SpX-14 spacecraft on May 6, 2018. The crystals were handed […]
Technology image of the week: What’s that in the dark? Vision-based navigation for space under test in ESA’s GRALS chamber To source
With the third MetOp satellite set for liftoff on 7 November, this video highlights how it is used for weather forecasting and how it will orbit along with its predecessors To source
The geology analogue course Pangaea continues for its third leg in Lanzarote To source
The European Service Module that will power and propel the Orion spacecraft on its first mission around the Moon will ship early next week from Bremen to the United States. It will take off in an Antonov An-124 aircraft in the early hours of 5 November and arrive at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, US […]
Senator John Glenn during water survival training for the STS-95 mission at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. On Oct. 29, 1998, space shuttle Discovery launched with Senator Glenn aboard, as he returned to space for the first time since his 1962 flight. To source
MetOp-C will soon be launched from French Guiana. ESA’s Stéfane Carlier talks about how this mission provides the continuity of information for weather forecasting and climate research To source
A Japan-US joint study has revealed that artificial gravity load is effective to reduce impairment in eyeball tissues during long stay in space: an achievement of “Kibo” rodent mission stepping to future human space exploration to Moon and Mars Last Updated: October 30, 2018 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) 【Summary】 Certain alterations and disorders due […]
Joint research starts for experiments in “Kibo” as part of the “Study on Phase Behavior of Multi-component Colloidal Clusters under Microgravity,” a feasibility study theme using “Kibo” selected in 2015 Last Updated: October 30, 2018 Following the elaboration and technical reviewing of the experiment plan of the “Study on Phase Behavior of Multi-component Colloidal Clusters […]
Space Science Image of the Week: An ancient cold front in galaxy cluster Perseus is imaged in surprisingly sharp detail To source
It’s autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, which means many people living in mountainous areas are awakening to fog-filled valleys. To source
In this week’s edition, the Copernicus Sentinel-2B satellite takes us over Kyoto and Osaka in Japan To source
Our week through the lens: 22 – 26 October 2018 To source