February 2022
Nutritional issues on interplanetary spaceflights
...Earth to Mars (days 1-250) for the simulated landing on the planet’s surface (days 251-270) for the flight back to Earth (days... be provided with food using stocks of products delivered from Earth with a shelf-life of at least three years To provide...
11 October 2019
Spacebit unveils its design of the UK's first Moon rover
... is available there for all humanity to explore," said Tanasyuk. The rover is designed to last just one lunar day (10 Earth days) as it is unlikely the small spider-bot would be able to withstand the perishing night conditions on the lunar surface...
November 2020
Walking on the Moon
...USSR’s Lunokhod 1, on 17 November 1970. Although designed for a lifetime of three lunar days (about three Earth months), it operated for eleven lunar days (321 Earth days) and covered a distance of 10.54 km. Lunokhod 2, a second rover from the former...
25 November 2020
Solar astronomers "listening" to the Sun can now predict future sunspots
.... “We can use this technique to identify what is happening on the side of the Sun that faces away from Earth days before we can catch a glimpse from here.” Helioseismology is similar in principle to the way sound waves travelling through...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
... and muscles of the human body), has no atmosphere or weather, and affords no protection from cosmic radiation. Day and night cycles equal about 14 Earth days and lunar explorers will encounter extremely high temperatures during the Moon...
August 2017
Planning for health, sex and sleep on a future Mars colony
... the loss of the light/dark cycle that comes with experiencing day and night. While the Martian day (sol) is only 39 minutes longer than an Earth day and so within the likely range tolerated by the human circadian rhythm...
