«Disuse osteopenia is the same disease that astronauts get when they're
in microgravity environments for long periods of time,» Caird said.
Not exact matches
The walls and the ceilings were just as utilizable as the floors, and the students had to pay careful consideration to providing ways
for astronauts to orient themselves
in a
microgravity environment.
Eureca, developed by the European Space Agency, highlights a dramatic change
in fortune
for the science of
microgravity — the study of materials and living matter
in an
environment where the effects of gravity are small.
«As interest
in space travel grows —
for both research and commercial aims — it is increasingly important to understand the effect a
microgravity environment can have on the human heart
for both the traveler and their potential future children,» said Karen Ocorr, Ph.D., assistant professor of the Development, Aging and Regeneration Program at SBP.
«Velardo hopes to try out the Kinect - based system
for weighing crew
in a
microgravity environment»
The long stay
for Kelly and Kornienko should provide valuable information on the effects of long - term living
in a
microgravity environment — considered important
for planning future deep - space missions to asteroids and Mars.
The company's work has caught NASA's eye, and it has been selected
for a Phase II STTR award to explore the production of biopolymers
in a
microgravity environment: