July 2019
Science and sensation in microgravity
... in weightlessness during an ESA parabolic flight campaign opening the way for surgical care during long-term space missions, such as interplanetary human spaceflight. Parabolic manoeuvres A solid object launched in a vacuum with an initial velocity...
January 2023
The effects of spaceflight on the female body
...number of lactobacilli in the vaginal microflora is an important condition for maintaining the health of female participants of long-term space missions and is directly related to the chances of getting pregnant. It was concluded from the eight-month...
March 2017
Growing plastic-producing bacteria in space
... efforts are therefore being directed towards increasing self-sufficiency and thereby Earth independence in order to make long-term space missions such as NASA’s ‘Journey to Mars’ both possible and practical. Matt Damon growing crops on Mars in The...
18 September 2017
'Mars crew' emerge from isolation after 8 months study on Hawaii
... consuming while conducting the experiment. The aim of the study was to better understand the psychological impacts a long-term space mission would have on astronauts who made the journey to Mars - a challenge that some people are working towards...
May 2017
Recipe for success on flights to Mars
... be rehydrated or reheated. Ideally, space food should be lightweight, compact in volume, nutritious, easy to prepare, eat and clean up (microgravity complicates all of these requirements), long lasting and delicious. For a mission to Mars, food will...
November 2020
Space medicine and terrestrial health care
... makes it possible to perform model investigations for the simulation of long-term space missions, for example in isolation, dry immersion and short-arm centrifuge techniques. Space physiology and medicine provide plentiful experimental findings for...
