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Space food cannot just be functional. Sometimes, it should simply bring joy.
A worsening leak on June 5 forced five crew members to prepare for an emergency evacuation.
It can be easy to lose sight of the fact that the US isn’t the only major actor in space.
These changes aren’t permanent – the brain goes gradually back to normal after coming back to Earth. Understanding the physical effects of spaceflight helps plan space missions.
Archaeologists have studied how astronauts use the International Space Station to improve its potential future successors.
The International Space Station has hosted astronauts and spacefarers continually for 25 years.
Yes, astronauts have to drink water that used to be pee – but their urine is treated extensively, until it is safer to drink than some tap water on Earth.
An astrophysicist who spent time doing research at the South Pole gets to the bottom of how things feel at the ends of the Earth.
The space agency faces major competition from rising space powers such as China and India.
Astronauts’ health at risk due to too much cleanliness on the ISS – a lesson for Earth.
Recent allegations of violence at the SANAE IV Antarctic research base highlight the urgent need to improve safety in remote and extreme places.
As ‘space tourism’ grows and private companies become more involved in orbital missions, space law has failed to keep up. Urgent reform is called for.
The International Space Station is an engineering feat that has led to countless scientific discoveries. Like the thousands of satellites in orbit, it manages to stay up in the atmosphere.
The company can recover from its problems, but will need to deliver on promises to get its house in order.
NASA’s decision to send Starliner’s crew home on a SpaceX capsule will have implications for Boeing, the agency itself and the astronauts still on the space station.
Nasa’s decision to prioritise the safety of the astronauts, and to work with another commercial partner in finding a solution, is a triumph of wisdom and caution.
The SpaceX-backed mission has no professional astronauts aboard.
Boeing Starliner took the astronauts to the International Space Station – but NASA doesn’t think it’s safe for the return trip. What happens next?
Think plane food tastes bland? It’s even worse 100km up – and hungry astronauts need a solution
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Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
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Kevin Orrman-Rossiter is a Friend of The Conversation.
Sterrenkenner, History & Philosophy of Science, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Space Robotics and Space Technology, Carleton University
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Co-Director Space Technology and Industry Institute, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, Johns Hopkins University
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Professor of Art History, Archaeology and Space Studies, Chapman University
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Professor of Aerospace Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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PhD candidate in Computational Physics, University of Cambridge
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Former Academic Research Fellow, Khalifa University