October 2021
Space in the movies – lessons for spacefarers
...film was shot in an aircraft capable of sustaining short periods of free fall - weightlessness – in a series of parabolic flights. So the actors really are weightless in many of the scenes. Apollo 13 is very much worth watching because it effectively...
November 2021
Megasatellite habitat at Ceres
.... If the passengers are happy with experiencing microgravity, the technical implementation is rather simple. Passengers can enter weightlessness by taking a lift to the cylinder axis before moving through a rotary joint to exit the cylinder where the...
11 December 2015
ISS Crew have undocked and are heading for Earth
.... This will include growing protein crystals, melting metal alloys in a weightless environment and measuring the effects of brain pressure whilst being in space. Being weightless can cause fluid in the body to move, mostly towards the head...
24 February 2016
Final interview for Scott Kelly tomorrow before his return to Earth
... a year in space and how it adjusts to weightlessness, isolation, radiation and the stress of long-duration ...that individual is exposed to risks such as radiation and weightlessness. Our integrated team of researchers are addressing those risks ...
09 September 2020
The brain reorganises itself in space but is not destroyed, new study says
... been shown in previous studies as well and points toward a redistribution of the fluid within the skull as a result of weightlessness. None of our findings are associated with cognitive function." Like NASA’s Twin study, Jillings and colleagues...
March 2015
On-orbit satellite servicing, insurance and lessons of Palapa B2 and Westar 6
... and the transfer of fluids on the exterior of the International Space Station. This is a major achievement; in space, weightless propellants move in unexpected ways, and anticipating how to transfer these corrosive and hazardous fluids from one...
