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ALCHEMIST is a payload design created in order to produce water from lunar regolith so as to demonstrate the end-to-end process of hydrogen reduction of FeO on the lunar surface.

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In summary, this activity used simulated and analysed parameters for each component to define the requirements for each application. For the flight model, the most important parameters are power consumption, cost and mass of the components. The power consumption and mass of components are acquired from the datasheets. Since space qualification is needed for these components the cost estimation is a difficult task. For example, even for the passive component the price difference between non-qualified, qualifiable and qualified devices is rather high.

The objective of the Metabolic Characterization of the MELiSSA Waste Compartment, Phase 1 project is to fully characterize, in terms of taxonomy and functional capacity, the microbial community present in the C1 Anaerobic Liquefaction Sub-System (ALSS).

The aim of this study was to assess how space travel modifies local sleep episodes in wakefulness during a visuo-motor task and weather this is related to performance. To this end, specific EEG (electroencephalogram) data previously recorded on board the ISS during the Neurospat experiment (AO-2004, 118) were used.

After prolonged interplanetary trips, the human neuron-muscular-skeletal system suffers severe deconditioning and impairment of the corresponding functions. In particular, the loss of neuron-sensory control and motor skills can be problematic and shall be counteracted efficiently. Integrated countermeasure systems shall be developed to allow astronauts being fit as soon as possible after landing (be it on earth or at their destination, e.g. Moon/Mars).

In previous activities the development of a breadboard of a compact hyperspectral instrument and the deposition of  

The starting point of the activities was the matching performance of a single element InGaAsSb detector, grown on a low cost GaAs substrate, reported by the University of Lancaster. GaAs substrates are low cost and available in large areas, making high pixel count arrays feasible, nevertheless resulting in a slightly lower InGaAsSb material quality. GaSb has been also used as second substrate material candidate: indeed it is easier to grow high quality layers on GaSb even though the bandgap of GaSb prevents to use it in 2D focal planes.

This Study comes in support to the CONAE SAOCOM Project. The objective of this project is to accomplish a breakthrough in the development of algorithms and associated tools for change detection in Argentina, the core domain of focus being agriculture. L-band SAR is suitable for monitoring agricultural processes, particularly soil moisture, while at higher frequencies the backscattering of soil is attenuated by vegetation. Several studies also demonstrated that L-band radar signatures contain important information about crop classification and biomass.