January 2021
Medical professionals and long-duration spaceflight
... inclusion of a doctor on the team should be seen as ‘normal’, not least because of the positive effect it will have on crew stress levels. The essence of the medical professional’s contribution to space missions is becoming ever more urgent in the...
October 2026
After the applause What Artemis II really means
... the blackness of space in a photo taken by the Artemis II crew on the second day of their mission. Channelling Apollo Overall, it ...Center for the splashdown and recovery of the Artemis II crew. About the author Mark Williamson is an independent Space...
27 January 2021
Axiom Space unveils crew for first private ISS mission
...Tuesday. “And it all begins with this multinational crew. This groundbreaking mission.” As groundbreaking the mission might...step in that direction. “We sought to put together a crew for this historic mission that had demonstrated a lifelong commitment...
15 October 2021
China to launch astronauts on longest crewed mission yet
... send three astronauts to live on its space station for six months in what will be the country’s longest crewed mission to date. Set to launch at 12:23 am (Beijing time) on Saturday, the Shenzhou-13 spaceship carrying the three taikonauts is expected...
11 December 2015
ISS Crew have undocked and are heading for Earth
... long mission in preparation for activities linked with NASA’s journey to Mars. During this milestone, the two crew members are undergoing five behavioural health investigations to examine cognitive performance, brain structure, sleep, emotion and...
23 January 2026
Back to the Moon with Artemis
...this mission includes the Orion capsule - or multi-purpose crew vehicle (MPCV) - supplied by NASA and its Service...Space Launch System (SLS) has so far flown only once (without a crew), on the Artemis I mission in November 2022. Clearly, if the Artemis...
