astronauts
Using Virtual/Augmented Reality and Holoportation to Help Improve Mental Health for Future Mars Astronauts
We recently explored how the Apple TV+ series, For All Mankind, gives us a harsh reality check about the harshness…
Astronauts Going to Mars Will Receive Many Lifetimes Worth of Radiation
In a recent study published in Space Physics, an international team of researchers discuss an in-depth study examining the long-term…
Fire Acts Strangely in Microgravity. Astronauts Have Lit More Than 1,500 Fires on the Space Station to Figure Out Why
Ever since childhood, we were all told to never play with fire. Despite it being relevant to our everyday lives,…
Astronaut Jessica Watkins Floats Above the Earth in the Space Station’s Cupola
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is seen here floating above Earth in the International Space Station’s cupola, which provides a spectacular…
Watch What Happens to Astronauts When the International Space Station Gets an Orbital Reboost
This is reminiscent of going down slide on the playground – and then immediately getting back in line to go…
Crew-4 is off to the Station
Name someone who at some point in their life didn’t want to be an astronaut. The answer is no one.…
Stunning Image of ISS Taken From the Ground Shows two Spacewalking Astronauts
In our age, we've grown accustomed to pictures of astronauts inside the International Space Station, as they float in zero-G…
There are Natural Features on Mars That Could Serve as Radiation Shelters
Mars is bombarded with radiation. Without a protective magnetic shield and a thick atmosphere like Earth's, radiation from space has…
Report Suggests That Astronauts Shouldn’t get More Than 600 Millisieverts of Radiation Exposure During Their Career. We get 2-3 a Year Down Here on Earth
Space may be pretty, but it's dangerous. Astronauts face a much higher dose of ionizing radiation than us Earth-bound folks,…
Since There’s no Up or Down in Space, How do our Brains Deal With This?
Astronauts and cosmonauts in space have reported spatial disorientation problems, where they find it hard to get a sense of…