But, in an ironic twist, the coronavirus pandemic and the worldwide spread of social distancing put on hold our simulation of isolation on Mars.
My main goal had been to collect data for my dissertation. I research groups in space-analog environments – isolated and confined places that share characteristics with human space missions. I’m especially interested in the way gender contributes to individuals’ influence within a group and how men and women manage their emotions in isolation and confinement.
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Elon Musk's Starlink satellites could ruin space travel forever – terrifying 'Kessler
What is seen as an impressive sky show to some is actually a great cause of concern for others as some experts think too many satellites in space could trap us on Earth.
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It refers to the idea that a chain reaction of exploding space debris could create so much space junk in the Low Earth Orbit that we'd be trapped on Earth.
It could also mean we wouldn't have the use of satellites because they'd be broken up during the collisions.
When facing impossible odds, look to the teamwork of space explorers for inspiration | Arts &
"The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself."
— Carl Sagan
It made me feel a little more connected with the universe, and added some deeper significance to that not-quite-knowable, beautiful twinkling sky that we look to with awe from a young age.
It's not a stretch to see why space exploration stories would be interesting to me. But I realized recently that I often turn to books, TV shows and movies with a sci-fi bent particularly in times of stress, particularly when I can't handle something dark. When I need hope, space stories are better than any other at helping.
Return of space flight reason to celebrate (Editorial) - masslive.com
The international space station has been continuously occupied since Nov. 2, 2000. In round numbers, that's 19 and a half years. Which is an awfully impressive feat, no matter one's feelings about space travel, space exploration, space as laboratory.
The ISS, as it's known, is a joint project of five space agencies: those operated by The United States, Russia, Japan, Canada, and the European Union. But for nearly a decade, our space agency, NASA, has had to rely on Russian rockets to get our astronauts, and equipment, to the ISS.
Many things are taking place:
Can the human body survive a trip to Mars unharmed?
Extended periods in space have long been known to cause vision problems in astronauts. Now a new study in the journal Radiology suggests that the impact of long-duration space travel is more far-reaching, potentially causing brain volume changes and pituitary gland deformation.
More than half of the crew members on the International Space Station (ISS) have reported changes to their vision following long-duration exposure to the microgravity of space. Postflight evaluation has revealed swelling of the optic nerve, retinal hemorrhage and other ocular structural changes.
The secrets to stargazing from your backyard | Travel | The Guardian
The moon is visible day and the night over the course of a month and on 7 May it will be a supermoon – a little closer to us than normal and appearing around 10% bigger. Look at the moon with your naked eyes and notice the dark and light-grey patches. Light-grey areas are mountainous highlands; the dark grey are long-dried-up lava beds called "seas" because early astronomers took them for actual seas.
The phase of the moon changes daily. The phase is how much of the moon is visible from Earth – full, half and crescent, for example. The line between the light and dark side of the moon is called the terminator. Each night, look closely at the terminator and you'll see different craters, valleys and mountain ranges as the line slowly moves across the surface.
Sci-fi author John Scalzi on SpaceX and Elon Musk: "Space travel is elitist"
John Scalzi is an award-winning science fiction author of many, many novels, including his latest work, The Last Emperox , available on (virtual) bookshelves now. He joins Inverse Happy Hour to discuss the final book of the Interdependency trilogy and why, strangely enough, his story about the collapse of a once-great empire didn't start out as a metaphor for our current times.
"There's lots of politics, lots of personality conflicts, some explosions, some lasers, spaceships — you know, all the good stuff," he tells Inverse .
Young contestant on Millionaire Hot Seat insists world is flat because she 'can't see the
A young contestant on Millionaire Hot Seat has insisted the word is flat because she can't see the curvature of the earth from her house - before being eliminated on the first question.
Ashleigh Koutsoukos proudly told of her belief in the debunked theory on Wednesday night's episode after winning the fastest finger first round to advance to the hot seat.
The nursery hand from Springwood in New South Wales' Blue Mountains was so confident in the concept she wore a shirt on the game show reading 'the earth is flat'.
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