May 2017
Growing plants without gravity
...space experiments provided the necessary information to allow astronauts to control moisture for the first time in human spaceflight history. If at first you don’t succeed… During lengthy flights an experiment where something is grown can find a wide...
May 2019
Space for Art – Astronauts and artists
... after flying in space and (below) a musical jam session on the International Space Station. As we enter an age of commercial spaceflight where more and more people will have access to the life-changing experience of flying in space, we will...
November 2016
Hi-tech greenhouse to test plant cultivation technologies in Antarctica
... produce for overwintering crews at the Neumayer III Antarctic station while at the same time to advance the spaceflight readiness of a number of key plant growth technologies. The MTF will also serve as a tool to develop operational procedures...
November 2016
Emergency dental treatment on way to Mars
... time of launch. So far in the history of human spaceflight the occurrence of dental injuries has been minimal. During the ...asteroids and Mars. In stark contrast to Earth orbital spaceflight, such deep space missions will not allow easy repatriation...
August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
... activity economically feasible; the infrastructure is also much more resilient and much safer than current human spaceflight. This is in part due to the increased reliability of the systems that is a consequence of reusability, but also because all...
November 2020
Space medicine and terrestrial health care
... preventing the unfavourable effects of weightlessness and other spaceflight factors, which make it possible for people to... measures developed to cope with the negative influence of spaceflight may have applications in the therapy and preventive care...
