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July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
... interfaces and tools for astronauts, we can achieve better goals that directly affect the success of a space mission When I started in space design over 20 years ago, I was practically alone and I wondered if an architect, a designer... interfaces and tools for astronauts, we can achieve better goals that directly affect the success of a space mission. Galina Balashova (left) presenting her designs in Moscow Russia in 2017. We have to consider also...
November 2021
The philosophy of space missions today
... Currently the main, most realistic and upcoming type of space missions are science missions. In a sense, scientific missions can be seen as a type of space activity to which we are inclined to assign a higher...humans to the Moon and especially to Mars, should prompt space mission philosophers to take a greater interest in the bioethics of space missions. Human presence in space, especially on a mission to Mars, will not only involve a number of ...
August 2021
Space research in embryology
...of not only technical but also medical issues, which means that including medical specialists on long-term space missions is a key prerequisite. Ultimately, if the human race is to resettle itself elsewhere in the ...of germ cells, and two of those space-exposed examples then gave birth to healthy offspring on Earth. Later experiments on the spermatozoa of sea urchins, carried out as part of Shuttle missions STS-81 in January 1997 and STS-84 ...
September 2023
The Institute of Biomedical Problems - Sixty years of contributing to the development of space biomedicine
...data obtained through this research has allowed the Institute’s experts to successfully test technologies that reduce space mission medical and technical risks; to develop methods for increasing the body’s reserve capabilities and stress... in 1971 to coordinate work in various areas of space biology and medicine, laid the foundation for many years of cooperation under the Mir-NASA and Mir-Shuttle programmes, which later became the basis for...
October 2020
Superconductors - key to unlocking high power space missions
...both methods are susceptible to damage during launch, as was evidenced with devastating consequences by the Space Shuttle Columbia accident. Research heritage of AF-MPD Thrusters since 1960 (© 2019 Copyright Pi Integral Solutions)....accordingly, and exploit its positive characteristics in order to unlock the next generation of high-power space missions. About the authors Manuel La Rosa Betancourt, entrepreneur and material science engineer, with a ...
January 2019
Materials make the space mission
... prioritising those already successfully used for identical or very similar applications in other space missions - in terms of environment constraints and mission lifetime - and those for which satisfactory evaluations are obtained in tests that ... the erosion of materials and coatings, first noted in the early 1980s when engineers found Space Shuttle thermal blankets had been severely eroded during flight. A bold concept to construct a multi-dome...
March 2017
Rosetta – outstanding climax to pioneering mission
... our spacecraft. Emotional ending Rosetta is the last of the pioneering space missions and its end marks the end of the pioneering phase of space exploration Rosetta was programmed to transmit data in real time, and ... something more than that. Rosetta was the last of the pioneering space missions and its conclusion marked the end of the pioneering phase of space exploration. The new generations of spacecraft, of scientific instruments, of ...
November 2020
Space medicine and terrestrial health care
... itself in a reduction of muscle tone and contractile force reduction, and in long-duration space missions causes muscle atrophy and loss of efficiency. Long-lasting muscle inactivity is also liable to cause...data of such studies forms the basis for improving medical, psychological and biological support of space missions and makes an indispensable contribution to understanding psychological changes and preventing the negative effects of living...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
...detection and reporting of events detrimental to public health after a space mission has returned to Earth. The governance of global health and space activities need not exist in parallel universes Article 9(2) of the...be cognisant of a possible pandemic occurring in space, or the risk of a virus piggybacking on objects or personnel returning from space. Either scenario may cripple costly space missions for indefinite periods of time, and if proved...
