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Into Space - A Journey of How Humans Adapt and Live in Microgravity

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Thais Russomano
Thais Russomano

InnovaSpace Consultancy: London, GB

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Published30 May 2018

Doi10.5772/intechopen.70684

ISBN978-1-78923-221-9

Print ISBN978-1-78923-220-2

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-1-83881-473-1

Copyright year2018

Number of pages296

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Table of Contents

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6. The Effect of Gravity on the Nervous System

By Florian P.M. Kohn, Claudia Koch and Ramona Ritzmann

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7. Spaceflight: Immune Effects and Nutritional Countermeasure

By Anil D Kulkarni, Marie-Francoise Doursout, Asmita Kulkarni, Alamelu Sundaresan, Takehito Miura, Koji Wakame and Hajime Fujii

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8. Countermeasure Development for Lumbopelvic Deconditioning in Space

By Andrew Winnard, Dorothee Debuse and Nick Caplan

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10. Plants in Space

By Bratislav Stankovic

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11. Approaches to Assess the Suitability of Zooplankton for Bioregenerative Life Support Systems

By Miriam Knie, Bernard Wolfschoon Ribeiro, Jessica Fischer, Burkhard Schmitz, Kay Van Damme, Ruth Hemmersbach, Donat-P. Häder and Christian Laforsch

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12. Are We Alone? The Search for Life on Mars and Other Planetary Bodies

By Stephanie A. Smith, Andrzej Paszczynski and Susan E. Childers

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14. The Mortality of Space Explorers

By Robert J. Reynolds and Steven M. Day

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