The astronaut training tourists to fly in the world’s first commercial space station
Some of the things where I can see tangible evidence of my work is, for example, in the sleep cores and sleep system—trying to define...
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The Download: Expanded carrier screening, and how Southeast Asia plans to get to space
It’s a scorching October day in Bangkok and I’m wandering through the exhibits at the Thai Space Expo, held in one of the city’s busiest...
Southeast Asia seeks its place in space
It’s an unexpected sight, one that reflects the growing excitement within the Southeast Asian space sector. At the expo, held among designer shops and street-food...
The Download: The risk of falling space debris, and how to debunk a conspiracy theory
The risk of flights being hit by space junk is still small, but it’s growing. About three pieces of old space equipment—used rockets and defunct...
What is the chance your plane will be hit by space debris?
“We have done some work for some small-satellite manufacturers and basically, their major problem is that the tanks get down,” Beck says. “For larger satellites,...
25 years of research in space
One of MIT’s most experienced NASA astronauts, Mike Fincke ’89, is celebrating that milestone from space. Having already logged 381 days in three previous missions...
How scientists can see Earth’s permafrost thawing from space
To start, the US has significant military infrastructure in Alaska: It’s home to six military bases and 49 National Guard posts, as well as 21...
The Download: Humans in space, and India’s thorium ambitions
One more thing How a tiny Pacific Island became the global capital of cybercrime Tokelau, a string of three isolated atolls strung out across the...
Reimagining sound and space | MIT Technology Review
“It would be very difficult to teach biology or engineering in a studio designed for dance or music,” Jay Scheib, section head for Music and...
The case against humans in space
Mary-Jane Rubenstein, a scholar of religion at Wesleyan University, presents a thorough diagnosis of this exact pathology in her 2022 book Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion...