Tag: Life in space
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Blue Origin video traces the virtuous circle between real-life spaceflight and ‘The Expanse’ on video
Cas Anvar, who plays a Mars-born spaceship pilot on “The Expanse,” tries out the seats inside a mockup of Blue Origin’s New Shepard crew capsule, with Ariane Cornell, Blue Origin’s director of astronaut and orbital sales, as his guide. (Amazon Prime Video via YouTube) If “The Expanse” ever decides to shoot episodes of the science-fiction…
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The safest bet for space settlers? Would you believe it’s inside Mars’ moon Deimos?
Jim Logan, a former NASA flight surgeon who is the co-founder of the Space Enterprise Institute, lays out his plan for putting a space settlement inside the Martian moon Deimos. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) The smaller of Mars’ two moons, Deimos, was named after the Greek god of terror — but the way former…
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After 50 years, space settlement experts update their vision for off-planet outposts
The Gateway Foundation’s Von Braun Rotating Space Station would take advantage of a ring structure to create artificial gravity. (Gateway Foundation Illustration) Fifty years ago, a Princeton physicist named Gerard O’Neill asked his students to help him come up with a plan for setting up settlements in space. Just a few years later, O’Neill published…
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Full findings from NASA ‘Twins Study’ raise more questions about long stints in space
The genetic and health profiles of Mark Kelly and Scott Kelly were compared during a “Twins Study” focusing on the effects of long-term spaceflight. (NASA Photo) Ten research teams today shared comprehensive scientific results from an unprecedented experiment to gauge the health differences that developed between an astronaut who spent nearly a year in space…
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After twin-astronaut tests, NASA readies new wave of studies on space health risks
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly gives himself a flu shot in 2015 during his nearly yearlong stay on the International Space Station. (NASA Photo) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Almost three years after NASA astronaut Scott Kelly returned from spending nearly a year in orbit, researchers are still poring over the data collected during an unprecedented study comparing his…
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How can you drink Champagne in zero-G? Winemaker builds a bottle to find out
A team sponsored by the Mumm Grand Cordon Stellar Project samples sparkling wine poured from a specially designed bottle aboard a zero-gravity airplane flight. (Maison Mumm Champagne via YouTube) Will future spacefliers be able to drink a bit of celebratory bubbly in zero gravity? Leave it to a French winemaker to find out, using some…