During the past several years there has been a shortage of flight opportunities for biological and medical projects. And those that were available usually had s

Since our first manned space flights we have learned much about how the human body adapts to the space environment and in particular, to the absence of gravity.

Volume II in the Space Biology and Medicine series, Life Support and Habitability addresses major issues and requirements for safe habitability and work beyond

In this first volume in the Space Biology and Medicine series, contributors describe the current status of their understanding of space, highlighting physical a

The advent of the International Space Station ISS and the exploration by humans of planets of the Solar system like the Moon and Mars is triggering worldwide in