January 2013

Layout of the LEON2-FT microprocessor also known by its commercial name AT697

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Not only human beings can have problems during space missions because of the radiations but also electronic equipment may suffer malfunctioning. For this reason, there are microprocessors designed specifically to work in those conditions. Since the ’90s, ESA plans microprocessors starting from existing designs and adapting them to be used in space missions. Today ESA uses microprocessors of the LEON series.

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Between June 2010 and November 2011, the Mars500 mission simulated a journey to Mars, a brief exploration of the red planet and the return to Earth. This experiment was carried out by Moscow’s Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) in collaboration with ESA (European Space Agency). It’s an international collaboration and now some results of the analysis of the virtual astronauts’ health have been published by the American National Academy of Sciences.

Doctor Who - The Mark of the Rani

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“The Mark of the Rani” is an adventure of the twentysecond season of “Doctor Who” classic series which aired in 1985 featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri. It follows “Vengeance on Varos” and it’s a two parts adventure written by Pip and Jane Bake and directed by Sarah Hellings.