May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
...To enable long-duration space missions, we need to advance space habitat designs so that in addition to focusing on astronauts’ basic physiological and psychological needs we also design for the crew’s wellbeing and comfort, while reducing stress and...
March 2018
Zero gravity and the human heart
... lower extremities to the upper regions of the body During spaceflight the major changes that occur in the physiology of the cardiovascular system include: Migration of fluids - on the first three days of any space mission there is a significant...
August 2019
The next us – our evolution in deep space
... to assume that the humans born and raised in deep space will have evolutionary differences from us, both physiological and psychological. A behavioural paradigm shift is developing which will transform humanity from Earth-dwellers to deep space...
November 2016
Hi-tech greenhouse to test plant cultivation technologies in Antarctica
... procedures for safe food production. Design overview Fresh crops are not only beneficial for human physiological health, but also have a positive impact on crew psychological well-being The EDEN ISS MTF (Figure...
February 2020
Surviving bacteria in space
... are very limited. In the case of astronauts, living in microgravity and being exposed to cosmic radiations causes many physiological disturbances including the dysregulation of the immune system, which increases the risk for infectious diseases and...
April 2020
Protecting against the dangers of space radiation
... many of these relate to human health - the longer the duration of a mission, the more impact on the body’s physiology. So, as we stare further and further into space, we also have to find ways to adequately measure and counteract the...
