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...
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...
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...
