October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
... in an era where the development of the law has often been outpaced by technology. However, in recognising the distinct physiological, technical, and legal challenges of outer space, continuing upon this status quo – the maintenance of which will...
January 2021
Medical professionals and long-duration spaceflight
... many other investigations. The list of space physicians may loosely include Sergei Ryazansky, a biologist and PhD in physiology, aerospace and naval medicine, who performed more than 20 biomedical experiments during two space missions (in 2013...
May 2022
Multinational training for interplanetary spaceflight crews
...of the multilateral ISS crew behaviour and performance group and, since 2020, head of the Laboratory of Psycho-physiological support of flights and extreme activities. Yuri Arkadievich Bubeyev, Doctor of Medicine, Professor, Honoured Physician of the...
June 2022
Pandemic parallels
... of what they called “microcosmic getaways” - stimulus spaces, artefacts, or imaginary worlds - which would lead to positive physiological or psychological activity and responses from crewmembers. Ernest Shackleton and the crew of the Endurance faced...
February 2023
How to grow plants in a spacecraft
...expression in spaceflight were found to be Arg1-dependent, suggesting a major role for that gene in the physiological adaptation of undifferentiated cells to spaceflight. HsfA2 (Heat Shock Factor A2) has a significant effect on spaceflight adaptation...
October 2023
The multidisciplinary world of space habitation design
..., social and cultural facets of life affect the design process. Human factors, including complications related to human physiology and psychology must be considered. For instance, when designing a greenhouse system, cultural aspects (especially for...
