FUTURE TECH
SPACE DELIVERY SERVICE
A same-day delivery system for sending kit from the International Space Station back to Earth
Intuitive Machines, a commercial technology company, is producing the Terrestrial Return Vehicle (TRV) in cooperation with NASA, which will quickly return lab experiments and other perishable or time-critical materials from space to Earth. It will fill a pressing need to carry out exciting new experiments and provide a regular delivery of samples from the International Space Station (ISS) to Earth. At the moment it’s frustrating that these materials can only be sent back a couple of times a year and require a long-winded planning procedure.