September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
... development, the Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin flights have finally delivered sub-orbital, non-governmental human spaceflight for recreational purposes. However, although the participants who flew on the first Blue Origin and Virgin...
March 2026
Lessons learned on the way to space
... just after SpaceShipOne won the Ansari X-Prize. The amendment created the regulatory framework for commercial human spaceflight. Again, the first words state its purpose: “to promote the development of the emerging commercial...
February 2023
How to grow plants in a spacecraft
... three of these: nutrition, medical needs and crew psychology. NASA has identified five major hazards for human spaceflight. Nutrition The nutritional balance of food supplied for space missions must be perfectly adapted for a crew to sustain...
December 2014
Asteroid Redirect Mission: preparing for Mars in deep space
... systems and capabilities toward the challenging goal of a crewed mission to Mars. In an early use of NASA’s next-generation human spaceflight vehicles, Orion and Space Launch System (SLS), our astronauts will travel to the redirected asteroid in the...
August 2016
Long-term spaceflight and microbiological safety issues
... or space station presents optimal living conditions for humans, and is therefore even more comfortable for most... taken from the Space Station’s interior and equipment during spaceflight. It was proven that Penicillium crysogenum fungi were constantly...
24 May 2021
Virgin Galactic makes first flight to space from New Mexico
... on a journey to create the world’s first commercial spaceport,’’ said Sir Richard Branson. ‘’Today, we launched the first human spaceflight from that very same place, marking an important milestone for both Virgin Galactic and New Mexico...
