June 2020
Astrovan II - your ride to space is here
... 1960s, US Mercury astronauts travelled alone from their crew-quarters at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ...DC. As the new Astrovan II was built specifically as a crew transfer vehicle for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, it incorporates Boeing...
November 2016
Emergency dental treatment on way to Mars
... medical examinations, including a dental check and basic medical training. Two astronauts on each Expedition Crew receive additional training as crew medical officers and the ISS carries medical equipment and instruments to help treat more common...
April 2018
Developing Mars
... at Deimos Dock. It shields en route to Earth and is dumped prior to Earth EDL. Omaha Trail efficiencies give protected crewed transit that is, even with a massive water shield, as fast as, or faster than, present baseline. Protection in the field...
October 2018
Developing wearable technologies for space and Earth
...complex, technology-intense projects at NASA and served as an aquanaut on the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations 13 (NEEMO 13) crew. In 2016 Gerty became the Informatics Subsystem Lead for the next generation US spacesuit, planned for launch...
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...
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...
