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...
November 2021
The philosophy of space missions today
...apply biomedical modifications to adapt humans to the harsh environmental conditions in space. These are matters that should be studied in detail before the first long-term space missions beyond Earth orbit, and for those tasked with making decisions...
