Schedule Reshuffle
\nThe failure of the Progress M-27M to successfully deliver supplies and logistics to the International Space Station has thrown the ISS schedule into the air with several options still on the table. We assess the consequences and catch up on changes to the flight manifest.<\/p>\n
Preventing an EVA Fatality
\nSafety in space has always focused on the hardware and, since the 1970s, on the software written to control discrete spacecraft systems. Now, with much more known about the effects on the human body, space flight itself has intrinsic risks, as explained by Dr Bill Rowe.<\/p>\n
ARM gets ready
\nWith little prospect of an early use of the massive Space Launch System for dramatic steps on the road to Mars, NASA has chosen a preferred option for accessing a rock from an asteroid. But there is more to it than that and the mission may flight-prove innovative technologies essential for reaching the Red Planet.<\/p>\n
Visions of Space \u2013 Art and the Cosmos
\nChris Starr presents a colourful mix of international space artists from our own David Hardy to retired US astronauts and provides an insightful and appreciative examination of outstanding contributions to what for many is an inspiration and a goal.<\/p>\n
Gardens of Steel
\nDwayne Day took time out to visit a less frequented part of NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center and found rusting hulks, while in Canada a unique survivor from the early days of Atlas rocket development has already succumbed to age and neglect.<\/p>\n
Retro \u2013 Go!
\nNick Howes continues his fireside chat column and reports a conversation with Charles Deiterich, one of NASA\u2019s elite group of flight controllers during high summer for some of NASA\u2019s greatest achievements.<\/p>\n
Regular Features<\/strong><\/p>\n Britain in Space \u2013 Inmarsat hit by Proton delays<\/p>\n Briefing notes \u2013 news shorts from around the world<\/p>\n World News Analysis \u2013 New Shepard flies \u2013 Settlement in law<\/p>\n Satellite Digest \u2013 510 April 2015<\/p>\n ISS Operations Summary \u2013 16 April to 15 May 2015<\/p>\n Flashback \u2013 A regular feature looking back 50 years ago this month<\/p>\n Off the Shelf \u2013 Physics from the Edge<\/p>\n Obituary \u2013 Oscar Carl Holderer (1919-2015)<\/p>\n Inbox \u2013 Radiation barriers \u2013 A stellar performance<\/p>\n Society News \u2013 65th Anniversary of Eagle \u2013 Monica Grady on Rosetta \u2013 The Sleeping Beauty \u2013 IAF Award for BIS VP<\/p>\n What\u2019s On<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":935,"template":"","meta":{"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"pwb-brand":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[88],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1476","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-2015-spaceflight","product_shipping_class-magazine","first","instock","purchasable","product-type-variable","czr-hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"brands":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pwb-brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pwb-brand?post=1476"},{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1476"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1476"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}