It exploits lunar soil, and uses bacteria and guar beans to consolidate the soil into possible load-bearing structures. These “space bricks” could eventually be used to assemble structures for habitation on the moon’s surface, the researchers suggest. “It is really exciting because it brings two different fields — biology and …
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Indian Space Research Organisation lays roadmap to send man into space
India’s first manned space flight – Gaganyaan – is expected to send three persons into the space for seven days and the spacecraft will be placed in a low earth orbit of 300-400 km. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr Sivan has said that India’s Gaganyaan mission aims to …
Read More »India’s first manned space mission Gaganyaan to send 3 persons
India’s first manned space flight – Gaganyaan – is expected to send three persons into the space for seven days and the spacecraft will be placed in a low earth orbit of 300-400 km. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr Sivan has said that India’s Gaganyaan mission aims to …
Read More »Unraveling the nature of ‘whistlers’ from space in the lab
Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles present new research on a curious cosmic phenomenon known as “whistlers” — very low frequency packets of radio waves that race along magnetic field lines. This first-of-its-kind study, appearing in the Physics of Plasmas, from AIP Publishing, provides new insights into the …
Read More »After 168 days in space, Expedition 55 crew returns to Earth
Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA astronaut Scott Tingle landed near a remote town in Kazakhstan at 1239GMT (8:39 a.m. EDT / 6:39 p.m. in Kazakhstan). While in space, the Expedition 55 crew studied the effects of microgravity on bone marrow …
Read More »Thai space technology startup mu Space to raise more than US$9.2 million in 2018
3/1/2018 – mu Space Corp, Thailand’s first space technology startup to acquire a satellite license is set to raise over 300 million baht (about US$9.2 million) this year in an effort to fund its business development and expansion. The fundraising round is planned after the startup has received a license …
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