April 2025
Pioneering human reproduction in space
... species. He earned his PhD in Courage Development in Organisations, connecting the domains of Biology, Neurology and Psychology. He learned that he enjoys innovating and exploring boundaries by connecting domains that usually remain separated.
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... platform later acquired by Orkla ASA. Viktoria Urban has a background in journalism, astronomy & planetary science, and psychology. She aspires to be a neuroscientist examining the brains of astronauts who go on deep space missions. A fellow at the...
April 2025
Maximising returns to Earth - the infinite potential of space
...’s fascination with it, describing a future of giant orbital cities. The true hurdle, in his view, is not technology but psychology - being willing to imagine “why we are here”. Ethan Barajas, co-founder and CEO of startup Icarus Robotics, questions...
October 2025
Investigating the hidden effects of zero gravity on astronaut vision
..., Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director for academic affairs, Head of the Psychology and Psychophysiology Department of the IBMP RAS, Moscow, Russia, Alexander E Smoleevsky - Candidate of Medical Science...
September 2026
Pregnancy among the stars - the biology of birth beyond Earth
... air and limited resources coexist continuously. Pregnancy and childbirth introduce entirely new medical, hygienic and psychological demands into that already delicate environment. A fertilised egg will be particularly vulnerable to space conditions...
November 2026
Seeing Earth differently - The Dorothy Project and its search for the Overview Effect
... Earth to see the whole planet at once. If the Overview Effect really is, as White argued, the most important psychological discovery our species has ever made in space, then locking it inside an expensive rocket seems an extraordinary waste...
