October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
...radiation protection is a design driver of the Orion spacecraft and it includes a storm shelter as a method to protect crew Space crews travelling to the Moon or Mars face three sources of naturally occurring radiation which can threaten their health...
February 2023
How to grow plants in a spacecraft
... a porous tube watering system embedded in a root module containing arcillite and a slow-release fertiliser. To ease the crew’s horticultural activities and to ensure that plants are growing in an optimal environment, the crop cultural cycle needs...
November 2016
Hi-tech greenhouse to test plant cultivation technologies in Antarctica
...Station III where it will be installed and undergo 12 months of operations. Although a Neumayer Station III over-wintering crew member will operate the facility, significant emphasis will also be placed on remote monitoring and operations. A detailed...
October 2017
Third quarter phenomenon - the psychology of time in space
... prolonged missions into space, not considering psychological changes that could occur would be an oversight Consider a small crew of five or six people living and working together in a capsule travelling to Mars, millions of miles into the darkness...
August 2021
Robotic systems for psychological support
...and high performance and are based on providing the crew with information covering various aspects: emotional, individual-...IBMP) RAS, and a space journalist. She served as a crew member of the international space projects Mars-160 and SIRIUS-19 and...
September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
... descent. She blasted off for an eight-day visit to the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 14 crew on Soyuz TMA-9. Adopting a functionalist approach would remove the uncertainty of trying to establish whether a craft has crossed...
