As we prepare for missions beyond Earth orbit, one crucial challenge remains: keeping astronauts healthy in microgravity.
Food is ridiculously expensive in space. Every meal astronauts eat is freeze-dried, vacuum-packed, and launched at enormous cost — sometimes over a thousand dollars per pound. It works for short ...
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The European Space Agency is exploring a few different concepts to improve nutrition for astronauts taking part in long-distance space missions. After beginning to investigate insect-based dietary ...
e-TACT device, combining activity tracking, body tilt and skin temperature monitoring, will be commercially available for e-health applications in February 2017 BodyCap, a company specialized in ...
ESA astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski has released breathtaking timelapse footage of Earth and the Moon, captured during ...
One of the best motivators to solve a problem is to experience it yourself. Dr. Bonnie Dunbar happened to have just such an experience. She is a former NASA astronaut and is now a professor of ...