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...
September 2016
Paediatric cancer patients aim for the stars with space inspired art project
... through a series of physically taxing and rigorous extreme changes to their bodies, both are subject to extended periods of isolation, both face the unknown in a profound way, and both need to identify tools to sustain themselves in critical, life...
