October 2019
Skyrora – building on British space heritage
..., carrying payloads for commercial or scientific microgravity research, of up to 100 kg. It would offer several minutes of weightlessness for experiments, followed by descent, parachute landing and intact recovery of the payload if required. Skyrora...
October 2019
Time to overcome the expendable rocket mindset
... it started. A passenger would be able to see an area the size of England, and would experience about three minutes of weightlessness. Flights in Ascender would become routine after several years and it would have varied applications for space...
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...
