...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 need to last ...
... Mackay and Michael Masucci, provided Branson and three Virgin Galactic employees with a few short minutes of microgravity. Nine days later, marking the 52nd anniversary of Apollo 11’s lunar landing on 20 July, Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos...
... Earth. The following article is based on an exclusive extract from her book. The coolest thing about living in microgravity is the ability to float around, but perhaps the most entrancing aspect is to experience the magic of floating water...
...of space in December 2019 aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital rocket. OSCAR attained around three minutes of microgravity to demonstrate its features. About the author Annie Meier is chief of the Exploration Systems & Development Office which...
...genetic mutations, so protecting plants from radiation should be a priority One of the main issues for astronauts’ health in microgravity is bone density loss. Our bones are constantly balanced between growth and resorption, allowing bones to respond...
... Space Shuttle flight than most of the others so far suggested.” Okay, so the topic is regarded as important. And microgravity is regarded as an essential element for studying this phenomenon. So - what is it, what has been achieved and what can...