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...
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...
15 October 2021
China to launch astronauts on longest crewed mission yet
... CAVES (Cooperative Adventure for Valuing and Exercising human behavior and performance Skills). As it sounds, CAVES involves astronauts from around the world staying underground in a Sardinian cave for six days to work on multi-cultural approaches...
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...
19 February 2021
China's astronauts begin training for space station missions
...during the operational phase are expected to involve three astronauts and consist of six-month-long rotations. The ...will be central to the space station's operations, given that astronauts will live there and control the entire station from inside....
