08 December 2021
Japanese billionaire heads to the ISS for a 12 day stay
...carrying a Japanese billionaire to the International Space Station, marking the country's return to space tourism after a decade-long ...of the Russian segment of the ISS, the trio will spend 12 days on the station. The Japanese tourists plan to ...
December 2014
Ready for Mars? From Mars-500 to zero-gravity medical issues
... carefully studied both during and after their flights in zero gravity. Detailed biomedical research on board the International Space Station (ISS) during the last 10 years has revealed much about the behaviour of the human body in this strange...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
... December 1972. Since then, there have been more than 100 US Space Shuttle missions and a continuous human presence in space on the International Space Station (ISS). These are significant accomplishments as far as human spaceflight is concerned, but...
May 2017
Growing plants without gravity
... experiment in cultivating pak choi cabbage and radishes was conducted in the Svet greenhouse on board the International Space Station (ISS). The productivity and speed of ontogenetic plant development (from the earliest stage to maturity) in this...
June 2018
We live on a planet!
... ‘simple’ concept, but I’m going to repeat it too because I believe it is also a significant and powerful statement. The International Space Station (ISS). Since the year 2000 it has enabled people of many nationalities to live and work together ‘off...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
...limitations and sustainability. Today’s human exploration missions primarily revolve around the International Space Station (ISS). The ISS was designed as an international laboratory; hence it is a noisy work environment with bright lights and people...
