March 2016
Space Oddities: The Problem with Imagination
... - Jerrie Cobb, Rhea Hurrle and Wally Funk - went on to Phase II testing which involved isolation tank and psychological tests. Cobb was the first one to move on to and pass Phase III testing (aeromedical, using military...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
... by Maschke, P., Oubaid, V. and Pecena, Y. (2011). How Do Astronaut Candidate Profiles Differ From Airline Pilot Profiles? Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors, 1(1), pp.38-44 5 There have been seven space tourists who have visited the ISS...
October 2016
Project MOONWALK
... on the different grades and types of stress in function of the heart rate variability (physical stress versus psychological stress). A sensor for measuring heart rate is placed directly on the astronaut’s skin - similar to a pulsemeter device...
March 2017
Rosetta – outstanding climax to pioneering mission
... of the target comet could be taken with the OSIRIS scientific camera. It was still just a dot, but psychologically it was a very important moment for the whole team: it was like seeing land in the distance after...
May 2017
Growing plants without gravity
... where something is grown can find a wide range of uses not only in scientific research but also for psychological support In 1995 a joint team of Russian and American researchers attempted to grow super-dwarf wheat in space for...
December 2017
Dressing up for space
... study combined an analysis of problems that occur in space - such as the dimensional changing of the body, and psychological and behaviour alterations due to the confined and controlled environment - to create brain circuitry ‘hacking’ via wearable...
