In honor of the astronauts who just returned to Earth from space, we're learning about how space travel affects the human body.
Check out the demonstration above to learn about radiation, cold temperatures in space, liquid nitrogen and more!
Quite a lot has been going on:
Uncovering Our Solar System's Shape | NASA
13 Things Space Tourists Should Know Before Traveling to Space, According to Astronauts | Travel
For the vast majority of human spaceflight history, the only ones lucky enough to reach the stars were professional astronauts hired and trained by government agencies around the world — plus seven intrepid travelers in the early 2000s, each of whom paid millions to spend a few days aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
For all the travelers looking to the stars, we’ve spoken with former NASA astronauts Dr. Leroy Chiao and Dr. Scott Parazynski to learn what tips they have for first-time spaceflight participants. As a 15-year NASA veteran, Dr. Chiao participated in four missions — three aboard the space shuttle and one to the ISS, in which he served as commander. Dr. Parazynski served NASA for 17 years, flying five shuttle missions throughout his career.
Is space travel the ultimate status symbol for tech-billionaires? | Tatler
To, 'boldly go where no man has gone before,' could well be the mantra of many a Silicon Valley billionaire, whose fortunes are built on pushing forward with innovative new ideas. But once you've got the billion-dollar-valued company, the superyacht, the endless properties, the private jet, the collection of sports cars and the private island, what's next? Space tourism might be the answer.
50 years after the first Space Race, which saw the USA pit itself against Russia during the height of the Cold War, a second is underway. This time though it's the world's richest men competing - with several vying to be the one to get the first commercial space trip launched.
Not to change the topic here:
Opinion | We all have a stake in SpaceX's success. The pandemic ought to make clear why.
Fifty-one years ago, 63 percent of U.S. households watched at least some part of Apollo 11's historic trip to the moon. Sunday's return, by contrast, mostly enthralled space geeks who've been planning to colonize Mars since they were old enough to read their first science fiction.
America is rather busy with other things, of course, such as a pandemic. But it's actually the pandemic that shows us just how important it is to keep humanity moving along the road to the stars.
Space travel a step closer as Virgin Galactic shows off spaceship cabin | 7NEWS.com.au
There are a dozen windows for viewing, seats that will be customised for each flight's six passengers and capable of adjusting for G forces, and, naturally, mood lighting.
Yet designer Jeremy Brown said the passengers' most lasting impression may come from a large mirror at the rear of the cabin.
"We think that there's a real memory burn that customers are going to have when they see that analog reflection of themselves in the back of the cabin, seeing themselves floating freely in space ... that very personal interaction that they'll have with the experience," he said.
Virgin Galactic's Supersonic Aircraft Could Travel From London to New York in 90 Minutes -
Virgin Galactic, an aerospace and space travel company that's part of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, is on track to develop a new generation of high-speed aircrafts that will shorten the trip from London to New York to one-and-a-half hours, from the average seven-and-a-half hours it currently takes.
The company's supersonic jet has recently completed a "Mission Concept Review" by a panel including representatives from NASA, which concluded that "under the latest available data and research, the concept would meet the mission's requirements," the company said in a release earlier this week.
NASA Data Helps Uncover The Shape Of Our Solar System - SpaceRef
An updated model suggests the shape of the Sun's bubble of influence, the heliosphere (seen in yellow), may be a deflated croissant shape, rather than the long-tailed comet shape suggested by other research. CREDIT Opher, et al.
Scientists have developed a new prediction of the shape of the bubble surrounding our solar system using a model developed with data from NASA missions.
All the planets of our solar system are encased in a magnetic bubble, carved out in space by the Sun's constantly outflowing material, the solar wind. Outside this bubble is the interstellar medium -- the ionized gas and magnetic field that fills the space between stellar systems in our galaxy. One question scientists have tried to answer for years is on the shape of this bubble, which travels through space as our Sun orbits the center of our galaxy.
Happening on Twitter
Is it art or science❓🖼️📡 All of the above✅ Deep Space Station 43 is a marvel of engineering and design. #DSS43 https://t.co/ieDxcnlNKT CanberraDSN (from Canberra, Australia) Thu Aug 06 05:38:46 +0000 2020
I think people are really interested in this new space era, especially when @Astro_Mike @astro_g_dogg and… https://t.co/VjeI4WpnGC wapodavenport (from Washington, D.C.) Wed Aug 05 14:45:07 +0000 2020
The Mars 2020 rover is taking some of Earth with it because there is a microorganism that's evolved in High Bay 1 t… https://t.co/I29ft7kUUs shannonmstirone (from Oakland, CA) Thu Jul 30 16:06:37 +0000 2020
NASA and its international partners have named four astronauts to crew a SpaceX mission to the International Space… https://t.co/EszUlPhETq CNN Tue Jul 28 23:01:21 +0000 2020
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