Tag: spaceflight
Nuclear spaceflight: igniting the next era of exploration – Physics World
If we want to send humans to Mars, and launch more science missions to the outer solar system, then we need the firepower to...
Nuclear-powered spacecraft: why dreams of atomic rockets are back on – Physics World
Launching rockets into space with atomic bombs is a crazy idea that was thankfully discarded many decades ago. But as Richard...
Metalens images dim nebula, galaxies shaped like pool noodles and surfboards – Physics World
To describe Federico Capasso at Harvard University as a prolific researcher is an understatement and...
Metalens images dim nebula, galaxies shaped like pool noodles and surfboards – Physics World
To describe Federico Capasso at Harvard University as a prolific researcher is an understatement and...
Are We Ready to Head to Mars? Not So Fast.
In August 1998, 700 people came to Boulder, Colorado to attend the founding convention of the Mars Society. The group’s cofounder and president, Robert...
Biomedical ethicist call for rules governing human research in commercial spaceflight – Physics World
Our guest in this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast is the biomedical ethicist Vasiliki Rahimzadeh, who along with colleagues...
Biomedical ethicist calls for rules governing human research in commercial spaceflight – Physics World
Our guest in this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast is the biomedical ethicist Vasiliki Rahimzadeh, who along with colleagues...
Small Satellite (CubeSat) Launch Provider, Vector Space Biosciences, Announces New Drug Repurposing Platform Using Data Generated in Space – TheNewsCrypto
LA JOLLA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vector Space Biosciences, Inc., in collaboration with Oracle and NVIDIA, introduces the availability of its new small satellite (CubeSat) launch platform...
Study in astronauts could improve health in space and on Earth – Physics World
Life in space subjects the human body to extreme conditions – exposing astronauts to radiation,...
Life in space impacts human brain structure – Physics World
Spaceflight – both short-duration space shuttle missions and longer periods living on the International Space...
China Wants to Build 3D Printed Moon Bases Out of Lunar Soil
The moon is going to be humanity’s gateway to the rest of the solar system. That’s why China has announced ambitious plans to use...
SpaceX Starship Launch Hailed as a Success Despite Exploding Mid-Flight
SpaceX’s massive new Starship rocket is central to Elon Musk’s plans for humanity to become multi-planetary. It blasted off for its maiden flight yesterday...
Simulations shed light on mechanisms of DNA damage during proton therapy
Understanding the radiobiological response of DNA to charged particle irradiation is crucial to help optimize...