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Fundamentals of space life sciences

Susan Churchill, Editor | [S.l.] : Krieger Publishing | 1997

2009 luigi napolitano book award from IAA.

Artificial gravity

Gilles Clement ; Angelia P. Bukley | New York, NY : Springer | Space technology library | 2007

2009 life science book award from IAA.

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Artificial gravity

Gilles Clement ; Angelia P. Bukley | New York, NY : Springer | Space technology library | 2007

2009 life science book award from IAA.

Artificial gravity [in chinese]

Gilles Clement ; Angelia P. Bukley | New York, NY : Springer | Space technology library | 2007

2009 life science book award from IAA.

Cardiovascular system, red blood cells, and oxygen transport in microgravity

Hanns-Christian Gunga, Author ; Victoria Weller von Ahlefeld, Author ; Hans-Joachim Appel Coriolano, Author ; Andreas Werner, Author ; Uwe Hoffmann, Author | New York, NY : Springer | SpringerBriefs in space life sciences | 2016

This book comprehensively describes the physiological changes and consequences that occur in humans during spaceflight. It specifically explains the adaptations of the cardiovascular and the respiratory system. Specific changes occurring after [...]

Exercise in space : a holistic approach for the benefit of human health on earth /

Stefan Schneider, Editor ; German Aerospace Center (DLR), Editor | New York, NY : Springer | SpringerBriefs in space life sciences | 2016

This volume of the Series SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences summarizes the newest finding in the field of mental health and physiological exercise in Space. Translational research of the past years has shown that exercise can be regarded as[...]

Extreme medicine : how exploration transformed medicine in the twentieth century /

Kevin Fong, Author | New York : Penguin Press | 2014

An anesthesiologist and NASA adviser explores how pioneering doctors and scientists have built on findings about the body's response to extreme environments and physical challenges to develop such medical innovations as open-heart surgery, skin [...]

Fluid and electrolyte regulation in spaceflight

Carolyn S Leach Huntoon ; Anatoliy I. Grigoriev ; Yuri V. Natochin | [S.l.] : American Astronautical Society | AAS science and technology series | 1998

The G-connection : harness gravity and reverse aging

Joan Vernikos ; Robin Hosie | [S.l.] : iUniverse.com | 2004

Grappling with gravity : how will life adapt to living in space?

Robert W. Phillips, Author | New York, NY : Springer | 2011

The book explores the physiological changes that will occur in humans and the plants and animals that accompany humans as we move to new worlds

Grappling with gravity : how will life adapt to living in space?

Robert W. Phillips, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Astronomers' universe | 2011

The book explores the physiological changes that will occur in humans and the plants and animals that accompany humans as we move to new worlds

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The human body and weightlessness : operational effects, problems and countermeasures /

William Thornton, Author ; Frederick Bonato, Author | Cham : Springer | 2017

This book focuses on all of the major problems associated with the absence of body weight in space, by analyzing effects, adaption, and re-adaptation upon returning to Earth, using sound scientific principles embedded in a historical context.[...]

Human physiology in extreme environments

Hanns-Christian Gunga, Author ; Oliver Opatz, Author ; Mathias Steinach, Author ; Alexander Christoph Stahn, Author | London : Academic Press | 2015

Human Physiology in Extreme Environments is the one publication that offers how human biology and physiology is affected by extreme environments while highlighting technological innovations that allow us to adapt and regulate environments. Cover[...]

Human physiology in extreme environments

Hanns-Christian Gunga, Author ; Oliver Opatz, Author ; Mathias Steinach, Author ; Alexander Christoph Stahn, Author | London : Academic Press | 2015

Human Physiology in Extreme Environments is the one publication that offers how human biology and physiology is affected by extreme environments while highlighting technological innovations that allow us to adapt and regulate environments. Cover[...]

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Intracranial pressure and its effect on vision in space and on earth : vision impairment in space /

Brandon R. Macias, Editor ; John H. K. Liu, Editor ; Christian Otto, Editor ; Alan R. Hargens, Editor | [S.l.] : World Scientific | 2017

Fluid distribution during spaceflight and impact on brain and vision health is an emerging field of high-priority research in the NASA human space programme. International Space Station astronauts have developed ocular refraction changes during[...]

Life at the extremes : the science of survival

Frances M. Ashcroft | Berkeley : University of California Press | 2000

Microgravity and vision impairments in astronauts

Erik Seedhouse, Author | New York, NY : Springer | SpringerBriefs in space development | 2015

Recent missions on board the International Space Station have revealed previously unreported physiological consequences of long duration space flight, particularly in eyesight, and in this Brief Dr. Seedhouse reviews the existing theories on wha[...]

Neuroscience in space

Gilles Clement | New York, NY : Springer | 2008

1. Space neuroscience: what is it? 2. History of space neuroscience 3. Operational aspects 4. Sensory functions in space 5. Posture, movement and locomotion6. Compensatory eye movements 7. Spatial orientation 8. Countermeasures 9. A vision for [...]

Neuroscience in space

Gilles Clement | New York, NY : Springer | 2008

1. Space neuroscience: what is it? 2. History of space neuroscience 3. Operational aspects 4. Sensory functions in space 5. Posture, movement and locomotion6. Compensatory eye movements 7. Spatial orientation 8. Countermeasures 9. A vision for [...]

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Nutrition, physiology and metabolism in spaceflight and analog studies

Martina Heer, Author ; Jens Titze, Author ; Scott M. Smith, Author ; Natalie Baecker, Author | New York, NY : Springer | SpringerBriefs in space life sciences | 2015

This book provides an overview of microgravity-induced changes in human metabolism, muscle, bone and the cardio-vascular system, and discusses in detail the nutrient uptake required during spaceflight to counteract these adaptive mechanisms and [...]

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On orbit and beyond : psychological perspectives on human spaceflight /

Douglas A. Vakoch, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space technology library | 2013

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On orbit and beyond : psychological perspectives on human spaceflight /

Douglas A. Vakoch, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space technology library | 2013

Pulling G : human responses to high and low gravity /

Erik Seedhouse, Author | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | Springer-Praxis books in popular science | 2013

Space physiology

Jay C. Buckey | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 2006

2009 luigi napolitano book award from IAA.

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Space physiology

Jay C. Buckey | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 2006

2009 luigi napolitano book award from IAA.

Space physiology and medicine : evidence and practice /

Arnauld E. Nicogossian, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | 2016

As space medicine evolved from the late 1950s onward, the need arose for a ready reference for students and practitioners on the basic concepts of this new specialty. Through three editions edited by leaders in the development of space medicine[...]

Space physiology and medicine : evidence and practice /

Arnauld E. Nicogossian, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | 2016

As space medicine evolved from the late 1950s onward, the need arose for a ready reference for students and practitioners on the basic concepts of this new specialty. Through three editions edited by leaders in the development of space medicine[...]

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Stress challenges and immunity in space

Alexander Choukèr, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | 2011

This book adopts an interdisciplinary approach in seeking to identify the impact of living conditions in space on the adaptation of the immune system.

Technical evaluation of the NASA model for cancer risk to astronauts due to space radiation

National Research Council (U.S.) ; Committee for Evaluation of Space Radiation Cancer Risk (United States), Issuing body | Washington : The National Academies Press | 2012

This report presents an evaluation of NASA's proposed space radiation cancer risk assessment model, which is described in the 2011 NASA report, Space Radiation Cancer Risk Projections and Uncertainties--2010. The evaluation in Technical Evaluati[...]

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Terrestrial and extraterrestrial space dangers : outer space perils, rocket risks and the health consequences of the space environment

Dirk C. Gibson, Author | United States : Bentham Science Publishers | 2015

Natural elements and cosmic phenomena in space, such as asteroids, comets, meteors, black holes and super bubbles pose a threat to the planet Earth and spacefarers in the near-Earth environment. Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Space Dangers des[...]

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