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...
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...
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...
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...
August 2016
Space for art
...’ column. But we also recognise the importance of those ‘other’ planets and potential spaceflight destinations. As we consider the possibilities for future human spaceflight to destinations outside low Earth orbit, one of our best ways for imagining...
August 2017
Planning for health, sex and sleep on a future Mars colony
... very likely cause them to perform below their optimal level. Life support Life support systems for human spaceflight have historically been relatively simple and requirements for a Mars colony will include power, environmental support...
