Posted on Friday May 8th, 2020 by Nadjejda
From human waste to superplasticiser, astronaut urine could become a useful resource for making a robust type of concrete on the Moon. A recent European study sponsored by ESA showed that urea, the main organic compound found in our urine, would make the mixture for lunar concrete more malleable before hardening into a final, sturdy […]
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Posted on Wednesday April 29th, 2020 by Ally
An astronaut, a ‘marsonaut’ and a doctor log into Reddit… It may sound like the start of a joke, but gather all your questions about confinement because it’s happening today! Today, Wednesday 29 April from 17:00, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, Mars500 ‘marsonaut’ and ESA astronaut support engineer Romain Charles and Antarctica medical doctor Nadja Albertsen […]
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Posted on Thursday April 23rd, 2020 by julien
In these times of confinement, ESA astronaut support engineer Romain Charles shares nine tips on how to live in isolation – he spent 520 days locked in a mockup spacecraft and is a true expert on the subject. Mars500 locked six ‘marsonauts’ in a simulated spaceship near Moscow, Russia for 520 days, the time it […]
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Posted on Tuesday April 14th, 2020 by Laura
Media design student Paul Njayou from Germany is undertaking his Master’s internship at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany. Over the past six months he’s been working on a project to determine how augmented reality (AR) could help astronauts operate equipment and experiments on the International Space Station, and even farther from our planet, by overlaying information onto their surroundings.
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Posted on Thursday April 9th, 2020 by Ally
Efforts are underway around the world to stop the spread of coronavirus, which means many of us are confined to our homes. We're unable to visit loved ones and in some cases, unable to go outside at all. Not being able to go about our normal daily lives, coupled with the risk of contracting this new and highly contagious virus, brings up all kinds of emotions. So we asked astronauts and experts who have experienced long periods of isolation or quarantine for their tips to help us through.
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Posted on Thursday March 19th, 2020 by Ally
Adrianos Golemis is an ESA flight surgeon based at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany. He spent nine months in isolation at Concordia research station and three weeks in quarantine with ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano. He is currently working at a hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece. In this second post of a two-part blog series he helps you use isolation to your advantage.
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Posted on Thursday March 19th, 2020 by Ally
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano took some time out shortly after returning from 201 days on board the International Space Station to reflect on a successful mission in the latest episode of ESA podcast ESA Explores.
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Posted on Tuesday March 17th, 2020 by Ally
Adrianos Golemis is an ESA flight surgeon based at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany. He spent nine months in isolation at Concordia research station and three weeks in quarantine with ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano. He is currently working at a hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece. In this first post of a two-part blog series he gives his tips for life in isolation.
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