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Enhancing Astronaut Resilience: The Role of Elevated ROS in Adapting to Space Radiation [PDF]

Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering
The microgravity environment and high radiation levels in space lead to a significant increase in Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) production compared to Earth, which can have detrimental effects on astronaut health over time.
Mahsa Pakroo, Seyed Ali Reza Mortazavi, Seyed Mohammad Javad Mortazavi   +2 more
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Food acceptability and selection by astronauts on International Space Station missions informs strategies and risks for deep space exploration [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology
Characterization of the relationship between food system acceptability and repeat consumption within the spaceflight food system may be linked to caloric intake but the impact of food acceptability and repeat consumption has not been previously ...
Grace L. Douglas, Suzanne T. Bell, Peter G. Roma, Thomas Oswald, Millennia Young   +4 more
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Biological Protection in Deep Space Missions [PDF]

Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, 2021
During deep space missions, astronauts are exposed to highly ionizing radiation, incl. neutrons, protons and heavy ions from galactic cosmic rays (GCR), solar wind (SW) and solar energetic particles (SEP).
Lembit Sihver, Seyed Mohammad Javad Mortazavi   +1 more
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Astronauts Plasma-Derived Exosomes Induced Aberrant EZH2-Mediated H3K27me3 Epigenetic Regulation of the Vitamin D Receptor

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
There are unique stressors in the spaceflight environment. Exposure to such stressors may be associated with adverse effects on astronauts' health, including increased cancer and cardiovascular disease risks.
Malik Bisserier, Agnieszka Brojakowska, Nathaniel Saffran, Amit Kumar Rai, Brooke Lee, Matthew Coleman, Matthew Coleman, Aimy Sebastian, Angela Evans, Angela Evans, Paul J. Mills, Sankar Addya, Arsen Arakelyan, Arsen Arakelyan, Venkata Naga Srikanth Garikipati, Venkata Naga Srikanth Garikipati, Lahouaria Hadri, David A. Goukassian   +17 more
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Radiation Risks in a Mission to Mars for a Solar Particle Event Similar to the AD 993/4 Event

Aerospace, 2021
Within the past decade, evidence of excess atmospheric 14C production in tree rings, coupled with an increase in annually resolved measurements of 10Be in Arctic and Antarctic ice cores, have indicated that an extremely large solar particle event (SPE ...
Fahad A. Zaman, Lawrence W. Townsend, Naser T. Burahmah   +2 more
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Psycho-Religious Experiences in Deep Space History: Astronaut’s Latent Countermeasures for Human Risk Management

Aerospace, 2023
Current scientific developments have reached the stage where human aspirations of space exploration are not science fiction but a reality involving travelling to the Earth’s orbit, the Moon and Mars.
David W. Kim
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Rare diseases and space health: optimizing synergies from scientific questions to care

npj Microgravity, 2022
Knowledge transfer among research disciplines can lead to substantial research progress. At first glance, astronaut health and rare diseases may be seen as having little common ground for such an exchange. However, deleterious health conditions linked to
Maria Puscas, Gabrielle Martineau, Gurjot Bhella, Penelope E. Bonnen, Phil Carr, Robyn Lim, John Mitchell, Matthew Osmond, Emmanuel Urquieta, Jaime Flamenbaum, Giuseppe Iaria, Yann Joly, Étienne Richer, Joan Saary, David Saint-Jacques, Nicole Buckley, Etienne Low-Decarie   +16 more
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Future Health: Leveraging Space for Health Innovation

Blockchain in Healthcare Today, 2023
Mr. James Hury, Deputy Director and Chief Innovation Officer for the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) explores the future of health, and how preparing technologies to protect the health of astronauts in deep space can advance ...
James Hury III
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The Overview Effect and the Ultraview Effect: How Extreme Experiences in/of Outer Space Influence Religious Beliefs in Astronauts

Religions, 2020
This paper, based mainly on astronauts’ first-person writings, historical documents, and my own ethnographic interviews with nine astronauts conducted between 2004 and 2020, explores how encountering the earth and other celestial objects in ways never ...
Deana L. Weibel
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Neuroscience of Cognitive Adaptations in Space: A Review Article [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023
The brain can continuously adapt to changing circumstances and environmental needs. Astronauts must adjust to a brand-new, weightless environment in space.
Harshita, Sourya Acharya, Samarth Shukla, Mansi Khare, Ankita Sachdev   +4 more
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