The Human Body Might Survive a Mission to Mars Better Than Our MindsFebruary 21, 2019 |
Scientists are still trying to figure out how the human body responds to long-duration spaceflight… In particular, a mission to Mars could require at least a three-year round trip that would take a toll both physically and psychologically
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Space Crews’ Grey Matter Shrivels During Long Stays in OrbitOctober 26, 2018 |
Seven months after cosmonauts landed, some brain tissues had recovered but others had not
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Surgery in Space: Medicine’s Final FrontierOctober 12, 2018 |
Astronauts on long-duration flights will need access to more than just routine care
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My Year on “Mars”January 2, 2018 |
Physicist Christiane Heinicke spent 365 days sequestered with five others in a geodesic dome on the side of a Hawaiian volcano to test what isolation might do to the psyches of the crew on a Mars mission
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Space Sex Is Serious BusinessMarch 15, 2017 |
We’ve done almost no research into this area, but it’s key to living on Mars. NASA says no humans have had sex in space. There’s nothing other than speculation to suggest otherwise
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How Elon Musk Plans to Go to MarsSeptember 28, 2016 |
SpaceX plans to build a “self-sustaining city” on Mars, according to its founder Elon Musk. But, while we now know a lot more about how SpaceX plans to get to Mars, details about how people will actually survive up there remain sketchy
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How to Deal with a Medical Emergency on the Space StationJanuary 11, 2016 |
A major medical emergency has never occurred on the International Space Station – but what would happen if it did? And what lessons could be learnt for treating similar emergencies on Earth?
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One-Way to MarsFebruary 12, 2015 |
Dutch non-profit, Mars One is looking for volunteers to take a one-way trip to colonize Mars launching in 2024. Learn more about ‘why!?’ from three of the more than 200,000 who applied
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