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Starliner: A beleaguered spacecraft
Dec 18, 2024by Susmita Mohanty Dec 18, 2024
In the sixth essay in our space design series, STIRship Enterprise, Dr Susmita Mohanty focuses on Boeing's CST-100 Starliner and its botched mission.
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The space settler’s practical guide to building ‘A City on Mars’
Apr 18, 2024by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 18, 2024
STIR speaks to Kelly Weinersmith, one of the authors of the popular science book that uncovers the realities of inhabiting space and how far-fetched some space designs may be.
Is Freedom Plaza bringing real change to New York’s housing landscape?
Apr 03, 2024by Aarthi Mohan Apr 03, 2024
STIR delves into the ambitious agenda of the Freedom Plaza, crafted by BIG architects, which seeks to reshape affordable housing in the heart of New York City.
Hassell's modular lunar habitat for future space settlers builds on a scalable system
Mar 04, 2024by Mrinmayee Bhoot Mar 04, 2024
Conceived as part of European Space Agency’s Discovery Programme, the conceptual design for the Lunar Habitat Masterplan will be a scalable system accommodating a settlement of up to 144 people.
'Space is the Place' at mudac probes into our relationship with outer space
Feb 01, 2024by Almas Sadique Feb 01, 2024
The programme comprises two exhibitions, three publications and a wide array of public screenings, lectures, performances, workshops and installations.
Soyuz: the world’s most reliable human spacecraft
Mar 10, 2023by Susmita Mohanty Mar 10, 2023
In the fifth essay in our space design series, STIRship Enterprise, Dr Susmita Mohanty focuses on Soyuz, a series of spacecraft, designed for the 1960s Soviet space program.
Shenzhou: The star of China’s human space program
Dec 13, 2022by Susmita Mohanty Dec 13, 2022
The fourth essay in our space design series, STIRship Enterprise, focuses on the manned spacecraft Shenzhou by China and its significance in the country’s space race.
Dragon: A crew and cargo ferry to the space station
Nov 12, 2022by Susmita Mohanty Nov 12, 2022
In the third essay in our space design series, STIRship Enterprise, Dr. Susmita Mohanty focuses on the spacecraft Dragon by SpaceX and NASA.
Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero find joy in playing with the materiality of buildings
May 16, 2022by Vladimir Belogolovsky May 16, 2022
Vladimir Belogolovsky talks to artists Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero of Luftwerk who treat light as a material and make us see it in ways that are new and magical.
New Shepard: A tourist rocket for suborbital jaunts
Mar 17, 2022by Susmita Mohanty Mar 17, 2022
In the second essay in our space design series, STIRship Enterprise, Dr. Susmita Mohanty focuses on human space ferries made by government agencies and private firms.
Bridging the virtual and tangible with digital artist and designer, Andrés Reisinger
Feb 05, 2022by Anmol Ahuja Feb 05, 2022
Terming his work and studio “unclassifiable”, Andrés Reisinger talks to STIR about his unreal products and dream-like spaces, the NFT boom, and the freedom they collectively offer.
NASA and JPL-Caltech's space telescope posters celebrate exoplanet exploration
Jan 16, 2022by Anmol Ahuja Jan 16, 2022
A series of colourful posters marking the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope from NASA convert far flung galactic pursuits into graphic design.
To the Moon, Mars, and beyond: Innovative space architecture projects from 2021
Dec 12, 2021by Jerry Elengical Dec 12, 2021
STIR presents some of the most exciting space design projects - from vehicles to entire settlements - that share a vision of how humanity can settle on other worlds.
Makhno Studio envisions Plan C.: a self-sustaining settlement on terraformed Mars
Nov 27, 2021by Jerry Elengical Nov 27, 2021
Imagining what life on the red planet might look like in the future, the Ukraine-based studio has envisioned a torus-shaped development that channels elements of science fiction.
A reusable rocket plane named VSS Unity
Nov 03, 2021by Susmita Mohanty Nov 03, 2021
In the first essay in our brand-new series on space design, STIRship Enterprise, our columnist and space expert Dr. Susmita Mohanty focuses on human space ferries made by government space agencies and private space companies.
Hookie launches 'Tardigrade', a drivable lunar exploration vehicle
Oct 21, 2021by STIRworld Oct 21, 2021
The prototype by German motorcycle builder uses latest innovation and technology to actualise humanity's utopian desires to explore the various cosmic surfaces of the solar system.
BIG and ICON unveil Mars Dune Alpha - a 3D-printed habitat for the red planet
Aug 19, 2021by Jerry Elengical Aug 19, 2021
Developed as part of NASA’s CHAPEA simulation program at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, USA, the structure will aid in research into manned missions to the Martian surface.
STIRring Together: Julijonas Urbonas and Jan Boelen on Lithuania’s ‘Planet of People’
Jul 09, 2021by Devanshi Shah, Anmol Ahuja Jul 09, 2021
STIR interacts with the curator and exhibitor of the Lithuania Pavilion by the Lithuanian Space Agency (LSA) on their extraterrestrial imagination at Venice Architecture Biennale 2021.
ICON, BIG and SEArch+ reveal ‘Project Olympus’ as 3D-printed homes on moon
Oct 09, 2020by Zohra Khan Oct 09, 2020
The initiative funded by NASA aims to develop a 3D printed infrastructure on the moon, constructed autonomously using indigenous materials of the lunar surface.
Space-inspired village EBIOS reimagines sustainable living on Earth and Mars
Aug 24, 2020by STIRworld Aug 24, 2020
In 2021, Mojave Desert, California will harbour the first self-sufficient village, built using space technology and developed by Paris-based aerospace company Interstellar Lab.
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