October 2024
Off-Earth risks to the human skeleton
... not yet defined a true-to-fact connection between the initially low BMD and its loss value in microgravity, so it is currently impossible to calculate whether the skeleton of anyone having low BMD will approach a critical level of demineralisation...
April 2025
A bun in the (space) oven - Reasons not to get pregnant while going around Earth at 7.8 kilometres per second
...’ll experience morning sickness. And speaking of the privileges of giving life, remember that their bones will be weakened in microgravity and perhaps also under only partial Earth gravity. A serious open question is whether birthing is safe with...
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...
March 2026
Humanity – the potential of space
.... Ultrapure fibre optics, advanced computer chips and innovative alloys are among the materials benefiting from microgravity, which eliminates defects caused by full Earth gravity. Beyond materials, the biological and medical applications of space...
February 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...
