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  • How do you cross a module in space? ๐Ÿ™ƒ #shorts

    How do you cross a module in space? ๐Ÿ™ƒ #shorts

    European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti shared this video on social media with the caption: How do you cross a module in space? ๐Ÿ™ƒ

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  • How does space travel affect your eyes? ๐Ÿ‘€  #shorts

    How does space travel affect your eyes? ๐Ÿ‘€ #shorts

    There is no point in sending human explorers on long voyages around the solar system if they arrive at their destination in poor physical shape. Long stays in zero gravity are not good for the human body.

    We already know that astronauts lose bone mass at around 1% for every month they are in space; muscles – including heart muscles – atrophy despite hours of exercise; and there are a host of other problems.

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  • How does space travel affect your brain? ๐Ÿง   #shorts

    How does space travel affect your brain? ๐Ÿง  #shorts

    Humans are adaptable beings. Wear glasses that turn your view of the world upside-down and within two weeks your brain will have adapted to the topsy-turvy world.

    Researchers suspect that astronautsโ€™ brains adapt to living in weightlessness by using previously untapped links between neurons. As the astronauts learn to float around in their spacecraft, leftโ€“right and upโ€“down become second nature as these neuronal connections are activated.

    To confirm this theory, up to 16 astronauts will be put through advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners before and after their flights to study any changes in their brain structure. A control group on ground will undergo the same scans for further comparison.

    The research is providing scientists on Earth clues where to look in the brains of people who suffer from disorders based on previous traumatic experiences such as vertigo.

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  • How does space travel effect your body? ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿš€  #shorts

    How does space travel effect your body? ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿš€ #shorts

    Like every other living creature we know of, humans evolved at the bottom of a gravity well. We take the Earth’s tug for granted, and so do our bodies. So it’s not surprising that our bodies behave oddly in orbit. What is surprising is that humans turn out to adapt remarkably well to zero-g (more precisely, microgravity).

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  • How do ESA’s astronauts prepare for space?

    How do ESA’s astronauts prepare for space?

    The European Space Agency (ESA) is currently training five astronaut candidates for future missions to the International Space Station and beyond. Their training programme consists of three phases: The first phase is basic training, which covers medical exams, fitness assessments, and space programmes and systems. The second phase, the pre-assignment training, is advanced training in specific areas such as systems training, vehicle training, robotics and EVA-training. The third phase is mission-specific training, which is tailored to the tasks and experiments that astronauts will perform during their mission. ESA’s astronaut training programme also includes training for exploration of the lunar surface, as astronauts will need to apply their skills and knowledge to new challenges in future space missions beyond Earth orbit.

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  • Paxi on the ISS: Inspirational Teachers

    Paxi on the ISS: Inspirational Teachers

    Our alien friend Paxi went to visit American astronaut Christina Koch on board the International Space Station. Christina talks about the importance of teachers and shares a story about her favourite teacher at school.

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  • Paxi on the ISS: Living in space

    Paxi on the ISS: Living in space

    Our alien friend Paxi went to visit American astronaut Anne McClain on board the International Space Station. Anne explains some of the mental challenges of being an astronaut on the ISS.

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  • Living in space

    Living in space

    Over the last two decades, space agencies have created more comfortable conditions on the International Space Station, but we need to explore the concept of โ€˜living in spaceโ€™ much further if humans are to ever live and work on another world, such as the Moon or Mars.

    ESAโ€™s Discovery and Preparation Programme works to prepare ESA for the future of space exploration. As part of this programme, ESA has worked with academic and industrial partners on a huge number of studies that lay the groundwork for living in space.

    The technology that exists today could easily take us to the Moon and beyond, but it is studies like those carried out under the Discovery and Preparation Programme that will make a trip resourceful, sustainable and productive.

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  • Paxi on the ISS: Food in space

    Paxi on the ISS: Food in space

    Our alien friend Paxi, ESA Education’s mascot, went to visit Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui on board the International Space Station. Kimiya shows Paxi what it’s like to prepare and eat food in weightlessness, an important part of the day when living on the ISS.

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