June 2018
Striding through space
.... In fact, he is mostly hidden behind the Shuttle’s manipulator arm. It may seem extraordinary to the lay person that astronauts, often thought to be the pinnacle of human fitness and capability, would be allowed to fly if they needed to wear glasses...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
... shelter as a method to protect crew from intense SPE. The storm shelter is an internal area in the spacecraft where astronauts huddle together to be as protected as possible during the SPE by the structure of Orion and available on-board mass. While...
May 2019
Space for Art – Astronauts and artists
...of his spaceflights with all of us on Earth. Apollo astronaut and moon walker Alan Bean was also a very talented ... to be through art, but I’m confident that all of the new astronauts will feel compelled to share it in their own way. We must not...
August 2021
Robotic systems for psychological support
...actually a single camera lens located at the approximate centre of the eyes. Kirobo is the first Japanese robot-astronaut developed by the University of Tokyo. The robot’s capabilities include voice and speech recognition, natural language processing...
17 February 2021
ESA is looking for new European astronauts
.... After that, the six-stage selection process will start. This is expected to be completed in October 2022. "Becoming an astronaut has been a dream come true. It brings together many of my passions: science and technology, complex machines, demanding...
June 2017
Automated or human-operated systems?
...systems with automated functions in order to remove the human error liability possible or desirable? And although replacing astronauts with robots might reduce the inconvenience and costs of the necessary life sustainment functions required in manned...
