Countdown to UK's first conference on health in outer space
Space travel experts from around the world will gather at Northumbria University to discuss ways to tackle health issues faced by astronauts during lengthy extra terrestrial missions. The University will host the first UK Space Biomedicine Association workshop on "Space Exercise Countermeasures and Post Mission Rehabilitation" this month. Dr Volker Damann, Head of ESA Medical Operations and a flight surgeon to many human space flight missions, will present the keynote speech at the event, which is sponsored by Wyle GmbH laboratories and supported by the European Space Agency (ESA). Read more