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...
November 2021
Space launch emergency response
...pilot and seriously injuring the pilot. It was the first major in-flight failure of the burgeoning commercial human spaceflight industry, and it provided significant lessons for emergency medical response. After investigating the accident, the NTSB...
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...
March 2016
Resource Prospector – a Lunar Pathfinder
... NASA carries four mission risk classification levels: A, B, C & D, wherein Class A is the least risk tolerant (expensive flagship or human spaceflight missions) and Class D is the most risk tolerant (smaller robotic missions). LCROSS and RP are both...
November 2016
Simulating space in a bathtub
...cases, sleep disorders, loss of appetite and digestive problems have been observed. From the very beginning of human spaceflight, immersion was used as a quick and convenient simulation model for evaluating the effectiveness of the developed physical...
July 2019
Science and sensation in microgravity
... flight campaign opening the way for surgical care during long-term space missions, such as interplanetary human spaceflight. Parabolic manoeuvres A solid object launched in a vacuum with an initial velocity will describe a parabola. To create free...
