January 2020
Old rocks, new tricks - a lunar link to modern volcanology
...rocks, and how the Moon’s comparatively simple evolution, and lower gravity, provides a test of a new idea of how those crystals... evolved on Earth has been subject to the same gravity underpinning the dynamic process. Using this natural phenomenon as...
October 2020
Microgravity and its effects on the human brain
...varying physical conditions but one constant factor which has remained largely unchanged throughout time is Earth’s 1G gravity force. After millennia of evolution human organs and physiological systems all function according to the parameters imposed...
August 2021
Born to juggle in space
... my vision for Space Juggling. Language is especially critical when your opportunities to practice are limited, such as in zero gravity. In 2016, when I went on my first parabolic flight, it was interesting to hear how other people spoke about their...
February 2023
How to grow plants in a spacecraft
... major hazards appear during long spaceflights: space radiation, isolation and confinement, distance from Earth, low gravity, and the hostile and closed environment of a spacecraft. Living plants and freshly grown food could play...
28 September 2022
Firms pioneer embryo conception mission for ‘space mice'
... sperm and oocytes,” said Dr Edelbroek. “A series of ARTIS missions in the coming years will enable research on partial gravity effects on embryo development and help us move towards the ultimate goal of human reproduction and childbirth in space...
October 2017
Exploring Jupiter’s icy moons
...spacecraft is then transferred from Callisto to Ganymede in two steps: the first step uses Callisto and Ganymede gravity assists to reduce the velocity with respect to Ganymede. Further velocity leveraging is obtained in a second step via a so-called...
