ESA tests 3D printing in space with scrap metal on the Moon
From scrap metal present on the Moon to new materials, 3D printed: if the test succeeds, it will be a new step towards the lunar colonies.
From scrap metal present on the Moon to new materials, 3D printed: if the test succeeds, it will be a new step towards the lunar colonies.
Unlocked only last June, the expected Chinese tests for the technology that will lead to the creation of a space solar power plant by 2030 will start by the end of the year.
8 years after the start of the project, Caltech finally "sees" the launch of the first prototype to collect unlimited solar energy in space
Advertisements are not enough even in sleep: someone also prepares them to show them to us from space.
Bizarre, but truly effective: the urinal sink does its duty, and it does it well. Would you put it in your home or office?
For future space missions, a whole new pharmacopoeia will be needed. To figure out how to make drugs in space, we're sending pills to the ISS
A brilliant intuition meets the demand for safe bicycle parking spaces immersed in the city. In the space of just one parking space, a startup creates a mini garage for 10 bikes.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences "forced" to deny strange documents online. A joke, yes, but the question remains: is it possible to travel in a space-time tunnel?
The multipurpose space designed by the Japanese architect tells us how spaces could be defined in the future, between interiors and exteriors.
There is no shortage of existential threats to life on Earth. How could a modern Noah's Ark be to save our species?
It is an idea born a century ago, but only today is serious thought being given to its implementation. Solar power plants in space to meet our energy needs. When?
Sun Cable is a solar farm in Australia currently under development. It will be an "energy Chinese Wall" visible even from space.
The space-saving washer-dryer of the Korean house is fixed to the wall like a TV. Daewoo Mini Drum is practically a laundry painting.
Afraid of rockets and a lot of money to spend? Space Perspective takes you up there, (almost) among the stars, with special balloons.
An ambitious project: take a plane into the stratosphere using only solar energy. SolarStratos really believes it.
How will future humans evolve when they colonize space? We don't have photos of Homo Cosmicus, but we can certainly make an identikit of him.
Spinlaunch does not involve large tanks and complicated launches, but a centrifuge that brings the rocket to crazy speed and "releases" it like a shot put thrower.
It will help the human crew carry out tasks and feel "less alone" than the staff on Earth: in the meantime Vyommitra travels "alone".
The technique for obtaining 3D printed meat replicates the muscle generation mechanisms of cow muscles, but in artificial conditions. And it works.
Easier to use, less complex, less expensive, lighter: "soft" air robots can be really useful in space exploration.
BioSentinel is one of 13 projects planned as part of the Artemis 1 mission scheduled for mid-2020. 47 years after the last launch of living organisms (Apollo 17, which reached the Moon in December 1972).