On 12 April 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space. His 2-hour voyage aboard the Vostok 3KA-2 definitively demonstrated that humans could survive in space. In the 55 years since Gagarin’s historic flight, hundreds of astronauts and cosmonauts have travelled into space, mankind has visited the moon and it is now realistic to believe that a manned mission to Mars will comm...

State of art of personalized monitoring programs informatization and improvement of human adaptation abilities as one of the preferred direction of personalized (individualized, personalized) medicine which is focused on disclosure of potential and adaptive capabilities of human body and increase of life expectancy by means of directed patient-associated diagnostic and treatment effects on the ...

MORIOKA Noriko : Manager, Control Systems Engineering Department, Research & Engineering Division, Aero-Engine & Space Operations KAKIUCHI Daiki : Control Systems Engineering Department, Research & Engineering Division, Aero-Engine & Space Operations OZAWA Kanji : Manager, Engine Technology Department, Research & Engineering Division, Aero-Engine & Space Operations SEKI Naoki : Engine Technolog...

The respiratory effects of a 30-day exposure to an alveolar partial pressure of 171 ram. Hg have been studied in 4 subjects at a total pressure of 700 ram. Hg (33.3 per cent 02 ) and 4 subjects at 258 mm. Hg (100 per cent oxygen). Vital capacities decreased on ascent to the 258 ram. Hg pressure ahitude and returned to normal immediately upon descent to ground level. Maximum breathing capacities...

Silicon detectors are used in many medical applications for particle tracking, X-ray medical imaging, gamma or X-ray spectrometry, among others. The development of new silicon detectors for specific physics areas leads to overcome technological challenges that means not only optimize the design, but also improve the micro-fabrication processes. A new design of a solid-state-detector based on si...

Affiliations: Centre of Human and Aerospace Physiological Sciences, School of Basic and Medical Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, London, UK. Dept of Respiratory Medicine, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, King’s Health Partners, London, UK. Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology, School of Transplantation, Immun...

Up until 1905 all airplane flights lasted less than 30 minutes. However, on October 4 of that year, Orville Wright kept his aircraft in the air for 33 minutes and 17 seconds, becoming the first pilot to stay aloft for over half an hour (7). Fifty Years Ago Simulating rocket flight in a human centrifuge (Division of Applied Physics, National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada, and the Aero Medical...