Understanding isolation’s effects on regular people, rather than those certified to have ‘the right stuff,’ will help prepare us for the future, whether another pandemic or interplanetary space travel.
A researcher in a spacesuit on ‘Mars’ outside the Mars Society Desert Research Station in Utah. Image via David Howells/ Corbis Historical/ Getty Images .
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Previous visitors explore the terrain outside the research station. Image via George Frey/ Getty Images News/ Getty Images .
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ISRO invites proposals for tech relating to human space travel
Chennai : The Indian space agency which plans to send Indians has called for proposals from national research and academic institutions for developing affordable indigenous technologies for human survival in low earth orbit.
The last date for submission of the proposals is July 15, 2020. According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) its Human Space Programme will endeavour to send humans to destinations from low earth orbits and beyond.
The Indian space agency said there is need to build capabilities to derive scientific benefits from ISRO’s Human Spaceflight Programme.
Can space travel offer lessons about COVID-19? - News Decoder
There are six people who have a very different experience of social distancing from any of us on planet earth.
They are the six astronauts and cosmonauts — American and Russian — working on the International Space Station (ISS).
When U.S. astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan, along with Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, arrived at the ISS last September, there was no such thing as COVID-19.
Three more crewmates — Chris Cassiday from the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner from Roscosmos — joined them last week, after weeks in isolation at a Russian space facility.
Astronauts Head to Space Amid Coronavirus Pandemic | Travel + Leisure
While much of the world stays inside their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, three astronauts launched away from Earth on a mission to the International Space Station.
NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and two Russian cosmonauts, Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, arrived at the ISS on Thursday at 10:13 a.m. ET after lift-off in Kazakhstan. They're slated to spend about six months at the space station, to assist with research mission, Expedition 63.
Although part of the mission was planned well before the coronavirus outbreak, the astronauts had to spend one month in quarantine so they wouldn’t bring the virus to space.
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Astronaut review – a heartwarming trip to inner space | Film | The Guardian
There are plot holes wider than lunar craters. Could Angus really have made it on to the spaceflight shortlist with just a hastily acquired fake ID, even if Barney does insist that he "could look 65"? Would Marcus really be this cavalier about a mission into which he has sunk so much time and money? And how likely is it that Angus's particular area of expertise would align quite so neatly with a critical plot development?
Similarly in Astronaut , it's not the hokey space-lottery plot that matters but Dreyfuss's face as he listens to a doctor telling him to "keep up the good fight, Angus, because what's the alternative?" Later, in a scene filled with verbose small talk, we observe Dreyfuss listening to a chirpy retirement-home manager babbling about fire doors and dinner times while his family attempt to kid themselves that he can be happy here.
How 2001: A Space Odyssey May Have Predicted a Surprising Aspect of Space Travel | Den of Geek
Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is regarded today as one of the most influential and important pieces of science fiction ever made. Decades later, the story of how man was born and reached the stars still feels like more than just a space-faring fairy tale. Today, the movie is recognized for its predictive power.
“Medical evaluations on Earth have revealed that astronauts’ optic nerves swell and some experience retinal hemorrhage and other structural changes to their eyes,” Space.com ‘s Chelsea Gohd writes. “Scientists suspect that these vision issues are caused by increased ‘intracranial pressure,’ or pressure in the head, during spaceflight.”
NASA chief to space fans: Don't travel to Florida to watch SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch | Space
As NASA tackles the coronavirus pandemic with the rest of the nation, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine urges and warns space enthusiasts to stay home next month during SpaceX's historic first astronaut launch .
But, Bridenstine said, the crowds of space fans that normally turn out for such a launch should stay at home due to social distancing concerns related to the coronavirus.
"We are asking people to join us in this launch, but to do so from home. We're asking people not to travel to the Kennedy Space Center."
The 40 Most Important Events in the History of Space Exploration – 24/7 Wall St.
24/7 Tempo has compiled a list of the coolest and most unforgettable moments in space exploration after reviewing material from NASA , news articles from decades ago and information from the National Archives and Records Administration .
The Space Age paralleled the Cold War, and when the Soviet Union succeeded in launching Sputnik into space in 1957, it was seen as much a threat to U.S. national security as a scientific triumph. Sputnik's success was the starting gun of the space race that put the prestige of nations on the line.
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