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. 2008 Jul;9 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S4-12.
doi: 10.1038/embor.2008.98.

Spaceward ho! The future of humans in space

Marc Heppener  1
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Spaceward ho! The future of humans in space

Marc Heppener. EMBO Rep. 2008 Jul.
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Figure 1
Hohmann transfer orbit from planet 1 with orbital radius R to planet 2 with orbital radius R′.
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Figure 2
Participant in the 60-day head-down-tilt bed-rest study organized in 2005 by the European Space Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales at the French Institute for Space Medicine and Physiology in Toulouse.
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Figure 3
International Space Station in February 2008, with the recently attached European Space Agency Columbus module visible at the front left.
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Figure 4
Evolution of bone-mineral density in the femoral neck. BMD, bone mass density; Con, control; d, days, Ex, physical exercise; Pmd, Pamidronate (pharmacological counter-measure group; Watanabe et al, 2004).
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Figure 5
European Space Agency astronaut André Kuipers (inverted) being assisted by Russian cosmonaut Genadi Padalka during an experiment on proprioception onboard the International Space Station in 2004.
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Figure 6
Concordia station, Antarctica, used by the European Space Agency for research into the medical and psychological effects of isolation, and also as a realistic test bed for waste-water recycling.
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Figure 7
Schematic of the Melissa bioregenerative life-support system under development at the European Space Agency.
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Figure 8
Water ice in a crater near the Martian north pole as imaged by the European Space Agency Mars Express satellite in 2005.
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