SpaceFlight Vol 62 No 05 – May 2020

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Beyond the ISS
On the verge of engaging with full commercialisation, Axiom is pioneering a habitable module that will attach to the ISS as a preliminary step towards a second US-funded, independent space station.

Places to go?
Nick Spall talks to UK Space Agency Human Exploration Manager Libby Jackson and explores the prospects for further space flights by Tim Peake and other would-be British astronauts. Their conclusion? There’s a lot of potential!

A Matter of Survival
Dr Brett Gooden takes a long, hard look at the physiological challenges facing Mars-bound astronauts and questions the entrenched assumption that the negative health effects of long-duration space flights and surface exploration can easily be overcome. Is it really that simple?

REGULARS

Behind the news
Mars Lander on hold – Sleeping through the journey to Mars – Averting Armageddon – Ukraine helps China develop lunar lander

Opinion

Space UK
Hands across the water – News from the Sun – 50th birthday precedent

ISS Report
9 February – 8 March 2020

Letters to the Editor

Multi-media
The latest space-related books, games, videos

Satellite Digest
568 – February 2020

Society news / Diary
What’s happened/ What’s coming up

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