July 2021
Commercial space stations - fulfilling the dream
... astronauts in, too? GUPTA Correct. For everything. For all the things that Janet said, from the microgravity science and all those pieces, as well as putting up astronauts. It’s like we’re on the verge of commercialisation but still at the...
August 2017
Planning for health, sex and sleep on a future Mars colony
...low Earth orbit (LEO), which can only support research in microgravity, not partial gravity. Interestingly, there is little to no ...to mitigate bone loss and muscle atrophy is critical in microgravity. While those symptoms may be less severe in the ...
July 2018
Using algae to support astronauts on deep space missions
... to date some 51 algae experiments have flown in space, the effects of the space environment, especially radiation and microgravity, are still not completely known. Given the high number of failures, it shows how difficult it is to implement an algal...
January 2017
UN strategy lifts capacity for non-spacefaring countries
... research teams in recent years the opportunity to conduct microgravity experiments at the Bremen Drop Tower in Germany. Also... in developing space science experiments to fly in microgravity. The mission is innovative and means traditional boundaries...
March 2017
Space research inspires innovation in fashion
... inspired by space, envisaging new scenarios explored by the first human missions and the astronauts’ experiences. The microgravity effect, with the possibility to fly and move in weightlessness, and the possibility to look at our planet from...
January 2016
200 Days in Space: Living in Orbit
... a variety of fields that are relevant for research in microgravity, which is, by the way, just a fancy term for... cells to test what happens to the differentiation of stem cells in microgravity. What happens to bones, what if I add a special nano-...
