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It can be hard enough problem-solving technologies on earth – but what it’s like in space?
We were reminded recently that there is no such thing as an error-free mission. successfully tackled several in-flight technical and operational challenges, addressing anomalies with the Orion spacecraft’s new deep-space toilet, cabin pressure sensors, and a mysterious electrical odour. Despite all the progress with engineering and , the learning never stops.
Delivering the keynote speech at the in Manchester last week, Helen Sharman OBE recalled the numerable challenges she and her crew faced, when she became the first British person, and first European woman, to go into space in 1991.
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