February 2022
Nutritional issues on interplanetary spaceflights
... experiment followed by 4-, 8- and 12-month experiments. The first two stages of the programme, the 17-day and 4-month isolation experiments, were successfully performed in 2017 and 2019. The food rations used in these experiments were as identical...
May 2022
Multinational training for interplanetary spaceflight crews
... 2007-2011, Mars 500 was a psycho-social isolation experiment conducted between Russia, the European Space Agency ... non-verbal) communication skills. Usually, studies in isolated pressurised conditions are conducted during the selection of candidates...
October 2024
Revolutionising space medicine and global health through virtual and augmented reality
... ensuring skill maintenance during long-duration space missions. Education Training AR and VR technologies have helped address isolation and confinement during multiple trials, showing promise for applications in space The Metaverse can also be used...
October 2024
Off-Earth risks to the human skeleton
...)and (above left) studying changes in body composition and body fluids in the frame of the Eskiz (Sketch) isolation experiment using Sprut-2 bioimpedance analyzer, Russia. Open questions There are no definite conclusions regarding the behaviour...
September 2026
Ten years of Asgardia - from idea to nation
... to produce benefits on Earth as well. This is an important principle. Humanity’s expansion into space should not be considered in isolation from the future of our home planet. Technologies developed to protect human health, manage scarce resources...
July 2014
Space technology transfer portals and the chance progress of innovation
... by Dutch engineering company MECAL in its Hummingbird product.8 Installed in Maastricht’s University Eye Hospital, Hummingbird is able to isolate the surgical microscope from its noisy environment, releasing its full potential for sight-saving...
