July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
... shoulders in the weightless environment of the Kibo lab module, with Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA enjoying the fun (Expedition 65, April 2021). Negotiations By the spring of 2020, we were ready to share text with our partners. The focus...
September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
... of Iranian 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...
December 2021
All for one and one for all – recommendations for a sustainable future in lunar exploration
...re-evaluate international partnership boundaries, specifically pertaining to collaboration bans and information sharing, in order to expedite lunar exploration and enhance innovation. 5. Permanent human presence on the Moon should begin with a single...
March 2022
What space taught me about water
... members’ own urine and sweat. Nicole Stott with the first painting completed on the ISS, during Expedition 21 in October 2009. Nicole used a small watercolour kit as a basis for ‘The Wave’, based on a picture taken through...
June 2022
Pandemic parallels
... are not unique to space exploration. There has been a significant amount of research conducted in the context of polar expeditions and the similarities with long-duration spaceflight. It is suggested here that the lessons learned from the...
January 2023
The effects of spaceflight on the female body
..., studying the state of astronauts’ musculoskeletal system becomes particularly relevant. During lunar and extraterrestrial expeditions, the human musculoskeleton will have to function in new conditions, different from orbital flights, when...
