18 September 2017
'Mars crew' emerge from isolation after 8 months study on Hawaii
... mostly been consuming while conducting the experiment. The aim of the study was to better understand the psychological impacts a long-term space mission would have on astronauts who made the journey to Mars - a challenge that...
02 February 2018
How a year in space affects your body
... Space Station (ISS) to take part in a year-long study conducted by NASA to improve our knowledge on the medical, psychological and biomedical challenges faced by astronauts during long-duration spaceflight. What was different about this study...
25 March 2019
Moon isolation experiment begins in Moscow
... [the astronauts] must be able to live for a long time under conditions in which they will be subjected to a mixture of psychological stress, due to total isolation, and a high degree of pressure to perform well. Only in this way can we learn...
14 June 2021
G7 nations commit to the safe and sustainable use of space
... reports and articles, including: China’s ascending commercial space sector (Blaine Curcio), Robotic systems for psychological support (Anastasia Stepanova), Autonomous robots in space (Saber Fallah & Tatiana Farcas), Collaboration and competition...
15 October 2021
China to launch astronauts on longest crewed mission yet
... are expected to be of the same duration said Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of the CMSA. It will be physically and psychologically challenging to work and live in a zero-gravity environment for six months, Xiqiang said, adding that the...
15 February 2017
ROOM joins two European universities in a project promoting space awareness
... research; the use of Earth-borne micro-organisms for potentially creating life in space; space tourism; the psychological and technological aspects of Moon and Mars missions. The five articles were selected based on the top...
