December 2019
Human conception and childbirth in space
... opportunities for the very wealthy few. Imagine spending a week in a space hotel in Earth orbit, floating around in weightlessness and waking up with a mind-blowing view from 400 km above Earth! If you are rich enough to afford...
July 2020
Investigations into plant growth on the Moon
...gravity on the Moon is just 1.622m/s2. Nonetheless, there is some evidence that the adverse effects of complete weightlessness on the human body may be absent or substantially reduced in lunar gravity. One method of simulating microgravity conditions...
October 2020
Microgravity and its effects on the human brain
... and during HDBR, rather than neuroplasticity or neurodegeneration. ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst having a taste of weightlessness aboard an Airbus A300 Zero-G during a parabolic flight. Operational performance Whereas changes to brain tissue...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
... some down time, ESA’s Thomas Pesquet ‘carries’ NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei on his shoulders in the weightless environment of the Kibo lab module, with Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA enjoying the fun (Expedition 65, April 2021...
July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
... performed during the Italian Marco Polo Mission in April 2002, and GOAL, Garments for Orbital Activities in weightlessness, was carried out during the Eneide Mission, in April 2005. Space is still a pioneering sector, with very...
January 2023
The effects of spaceflight on the female body
...in the female participants, which could indicate some differences in the processes of bone tissue adaptation to simulated weightlessness in women and men. Experiment looking at the remote control of an anthropomorphic robot. Another relevant and bone...
