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A sign in space: An interdisciplinary exploration of the potential reception of an extraterrestrial signal

Ferri, Paolo; de Paulis, Daniela; Shostak, Seth +5 more

A Sign in Space is an interdisciplinary project by media artist Daniela de Paulis, in collaboration with the Green Bank Observatory, the National Institute for Astrophysics, the SETI Institute and the European Space Agency.

The project consists in transmitting a simulated extraterrestrial message as part of a live performance, using an ESA sp…

The road to on-board crew autonomy: Using ISS' Columbus module as the basis for ground procedure automation

Hartmann, Carsten; Speth, Franca; Sabath, Dieter +1 more

Future human exploration missions require new concepts of operations since the international roadmap foresees stations with uncrewed periods (e.g. Lunar Gateway) and deep space missions with communication delays making real-time monitoring and control impossible (e.g. any vehicle on its way to or in orbit of Mars). As part of the commitment to ach…