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Data from all-civilian crew details health effects of space travel

June 13, 2024 admin

Inspiration4 crew Jared Isaacman, Sian Proctor, Hayley Arceneaux, and Chris Sembroski chatting with St. Jude patients from space in this handout photo released on September 17, 2021. | Photo Credit: Reuters When pediatric cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux and a trio of crewmates spent three days in space in 2021 as part of SpaceX’s Inspiration4 mission,…

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Send robots into space rather than people, says Britain’s Astronomer Royal

March 28, 2024 admin

Cosmologist and astrophysicist Royal Martin Rees at the Commonwealth Science Conference in Bengaluru on November 26, 2014. Photo: K. Bhagya Prakash/The Hindu | Photo Credit: K. Bhagya Prakash/The Hindu Britain’s Astronomer Royal Martin Rees said sending people into space when robots could do the job just as effectively was a waste of public money, and…

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Why spacesuits need a major upgrade for the next phase of exploration

March 13, 2024 admin

Axiom Space chief engineer Jim Stein demonstrates a prototype spacesuit, Wednesday, March 15, 2023, in Houston. NASA selected Axiom Space to design the spacesuits that its moonwalking astronauts will wear when they step onto the lunar surface later this decade. | Photo Credit: AP Humans have long dreamed of setting foot on the Moon and…

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Going to Mars? Speak to a psychologist first

March 9, 2024 admin

Because these communications travel at the speed of light and can’t go any faster, experts are coming up with ways to improve communication efficiency under time-delayed conditions. Source link

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Private U.S. moon lander launched 52 years after last Apollo lunar mission

February 15, 2024 admin

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on February 15, 2024. The mission’s goal is to deliver science payloads to the surface of the moon | Photo Credit: AP A moon lander built by Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines was launched from Florida early…

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Why now is the time to address humanity’s impact on the moon

February 9, 2024 admin

The Lunar Resources Registry, a private business that locates valuable resources on the moon and helps investors conduct the required exploration and extraction operations, notes: “The space race is evolving into space industrialization.” Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: Reuters Humans have always looked at the sky, using the stars as navigation guides or for spiritual…

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