01 October 2019
Where Once We Stood - Stories of the Apollo astronauts who walked on the Moon
The philosophically-titled ‘Where Once We Stood’ is an astronaut history with a difference. It is written from actual mission transcripts, but embellished in the style of a novel and, instead of ...
December 2014
Ready for Mars? From Mars-500 to zero-gravity medical issues
...total received radiation dose of 0.66 sievert. This is significant, as NASA’s limit for the maximum radiation dose throughout an astronaut’s career is currently set at 1.00 sievert. The dangers are real and present. Shortly after the Apollo 16 flight...
October 2025
What future for UK human spaceflight?
... spaceflight programme is entering a critical phase. Strategic investment and international cooperation will be essential to ensure that British astronauts continue to fly and perhaps one day walk on the Moon. About the Author Nick Spall is a London...
October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
.... Countries are easily recognized; cities can be identified. Astronauts connect with loved ones by sharing their unique view ... system will be home to our returning astronauts. Second, just as astronauts on the Space Station talk about how geopolitical...
July 2019
A reluctant American hero
... produced by Chris Riley and released in 2007, which included interview contributions from all the surviving Apollo astronauts at that time, apart from Armstrong himself. Apollo perspective It is hard to believe that it occurred half a century ago...
October 2020
Microgravity and its effects on the human brain
... studying neuroplasticity to understand how the brain adapts to spaceflight. His research compares patients with vertigo and astronauts to learn how the vestibular system reacts to disease and microgravity. Using models of space and parabolic flight...
