Space Products and Services
Science, Biotechnology, and Health Care
Space Products and Innovation – TSRQ3 2020
The increased use of satellite imagery and data in recent years has led to expansions in multiple fields of research.[efn_note] United Nations Statistics Division. Satellite Imagery and Geospatial Data Task…
Space Products and Services – TSRQ1 2020
Introduction | You’ve just finished a tough workout, and at a glance, your smart watch tells you your heartrate, the calories you’ve burned, and can alert you if it detects…
Space Products and Services – TSRQ4 2019
Introduction | We owe much to the technologies developed in the pursuit of space exploration. From handheld vacuums to GPS technology and camera phones, inventions originally engineered to use in…
Space Products and Services – TSRQ1 2019
Companies and individuals are using positioning, navigation and timing (PNT), Earth observation (EO), and communication satellite technologies and data to humanity’s benefit. From commercial transportation to natural disaster relief, these…
Hearts in Space
Determining heart rate variability (HRV) during the daily life of an astronaut in orbit was the inspiration for commercial products, such as theJoysys’ ChronoCord. In 1991, an Austrian astronaut wore…
Virtual Mental Health Therapy for Space Works on Earth
Humans working in an enclosed space can experience a great deal of stress. Working in an enclosed space while orbiting the Earth in a microgravity environment may also pile on…
Making True Colors Shine Through
A type of light emitting diode (LED) designed for managing astronauts’ sleep cycles on the International Space Station (ISS) is making its way to Earth. The ISS LEDs have three…
Spiraling from a Fitter Astronaut to a Fitter Public
The fitness of NASA’s astronauts has always been a concern. Treadmills and bicycles on space stations are great cardiovascular training tools, but resistive exercise is what helps maintain bone density…
Space-enabled athletic training programs
Some athletes are all about metrics. Heart rate, distance, speed, and other data can be measured using smartphones, smartwatches, pedometers, chest straps and... Some athletes are all about metrics. Heart…
A Healthy Diet in Space and on Earth
A European Space Agency (ESA) program to grow food in space may be able to improve the diet of people living in... A European Space Agency (ESA) program to grow…