August 2020
Interplanetary spaceflight and restorative justice
... way to Mars There is a need for the development of a robust conflict resolution system for long-duration interplanetary human spaceflight missions Long-duration interplanetary missions differ in significant ways from current space activity, and may...
October 2024
Off-Earth risks to the human skeleton
... is no doubt that the duration and frequency of human spaceflights will increase in the future. However, the exposure to weightlessness and confined spaces sharply reduces the functional load on the human skeleton and affects bone health. Here, the...
October 2023
The multidisciplinary world of space habitation design
... in low Earth orbit (LEO). Further concepts and developments are built on the premise of humans reaching Mars in the future. The actors in human spaceflight are becoming more and more numerous. Contributors to these undertakings come from all...
July 2014
Why become a cosmonaut? To preserve knowledge
... important as the technical side. From the very beginning, human spaceflight was made possible not only because of extraordinary scientific breakthroughs, but also because the human spirit was driving the desire to expand the boundaries of knowledge...
August 2016
International cooperation drives Germany’s space ambitions
... can, for another decade, serve as a base for observing Earth and to gain experience for long-duration human spaceflight. Its advantages are that it is easily accessible and it offers the possibility for a rapid return to Earth. Beyond...
July 2019
A reluctant American hero
...will always be remembered as the most historic human spaceflight of all time and, as the world ...impulse and the evolutionary step-forward that his moonwalk and spaceflight achievement represented for history. Neil Armstrong speaks at the Apollo...
