Homehttp://uksba.org/home/en-GB2012-02-24T14:40:35ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Cornell University of Hawaii Mars Analogue Mission and Food Studyhttp://uksba.org/home/2012/2/9/cornell-university-of-hawaii-mars-analogue-mission-and-food.htmlSimon Evetts2012-02-09T12:45:01ZApplications for participation in a 120 day Mars exploration analogue mission (Hawaii Space Exploration Analogue & Simulation, or HI-SEAS), are being accepted. The mission takes place in early 2013 on the Big Island of Hawaii.

DEADLINE: 29 FEB 2012.

For full details visit the study website here.

]]>Aerospace Medicine Scholarshipshttp://uksba.org/home/2012/1/5/aerospace-medicine-scholarships.htmlSimon Evetts2012-01-05T15:30:10Z 

The Aerospace Medical Association offers three scholarship opportunities to financially assist those pursuing Aerospace Medicine training programs.  Deadlines for applying for these applications are rapidly approaching.  Scholarship descriptions and application requirements are listed at our 'events' page and can be found here http://www.asma.org/pdf/asma-scholarships.pdf.

 

]]>ESA Human Spaceflight and Operations Science Newsletterhttp://uksba.org/home/2011/12/21/esa-human-spaceflight-and-operations-science-newsletter.htmlAdministrator2011-12-21T10:59:47Zesa newsletterThe December edition of ESA's Human Spaceflight and Operations Science Newsletter is now available. More information can be found at the following web page.

]]>UK Space Environments & Microgravity Conference 2012http://uksba.org/home/2011/12/14/uk-space-environments-microgravity-conference-2012.htmlSimon Evetts2011-12-14T05:12:54Z 

Aberdeen will play host to the inaugural UK Space Environments Conference on 16 - 17 June 2012. Leading UK and international researchers from the fields of space biomedicine, astrobiology, astrophysics and astrochemistry will present and discuss details of their work and plans for a UK future in space.

Dr Jeff Davis, NASA's Director of Space Life Science and Medical Operations will present on the topic of collaboration for space and terrestrial benefit and provide an opportunity for delegates to discuss human space flight topics with one of the world's leading experts in this field.  
Early bird registration is £81 (£57 for students) before 1 Apr 2012. Further details and registration arrangements will be presented on the conference page of this site in coming weeks.
 
UK Space Environments Conference
“UK Research & Education for Space & Terrestrial Benefit”
16 - 17 June, 2012
Satrosphere Science Centre
Aberdeen

]]>Students invited to 'drop' their experimentshttp://uksba.org/home/2011/10/20/students-invited-to-drop-their-experiments.htmlSimon Evetts2011-10-20T15:36:30Z

ESA’s Education Office offers university students the opportunity to perform experiments in microgravity, using the ZARM drop tower in Bremen, Germany. 

The 'Drop Your Thesis!' programme gives selected university students the opportunity to develop, as part of their research programme or Masters / PhD thesis, an experiment to be carried out during 5 launches at the Bremen site.

 The ZARM facility is one of the best of its type in Europe and attracts scientists from around the world. It features a 146 m high tower surrounded by numerous support facilities and laboratories. The experiment payload is integrated into a capsule which is allowed to fall freely, attaining microgravity levels as low as 10-6 g for up to 9.3 s. The level of microgravity is better than that achieved in parabolic flights, or even on orbital platforms (e.g. the International Space Station). In addition, drop towers are extremely versatile and allow the experiment set-up to be adjusted between consecutive launches. 

Interested teams from ESA Member States should register on the ESA Education Office's project portal and upload their completed application, by 13 February 2012. Proposals from ESA’s Cooperating States are also encouraged. The proposals received will be evaluated by a review board, which will select the winning team. This team will perform its experiment during ESA’s fourth Drop your Thesis! campaign, to be held in Bremen for three weeks during the autumn of 2012.

The team selected to participate in the 'Drop Your Thesis!' programme will be supported by ESA’s Education Office, ZARM engineers and members of the European Low Gravity Research Association (ELGRA). ESA will offer financial support to cover part of the cost of the experiments, travel and accommodation.

 For further information go to this link or visit http://www.esa.int

 

]]>Establishment of the UK Space Biomedicine Consortiumhttp://uksba.org/home/2011/10/19/establishment-of-the-uk-space-biomedicine-consortium.htmlAdministrator2011-10-19T07:39:48ZDuring the course of the summer representatives from a number of UK organisations interested in or currently participating in space biomedicine activities met with the aim of discussing collaboration. An agreement was signed on the 1st June at King’s College London which stated that a UK Space Biomedicine Consortium had been established to examine mechanisms for collaboration and whether and if so, how a national space biomedicine strategy could be pursued.
The UK Space Biomedicine Association has been providing secretarial support to the process throughout and has initiated a survey of organisations involved in space biomedicine research and/or education activities to enable the UK Space Agency and Research Councils to better understand the size and nature of the community.
A follow-on meeting in August at University College London lead to the Consortium agreeing to examine the benefits in relation to costs of the UK subscribing to the European Space Agency’s ELIPS programme (European programme for Life and Physical Sciences) and to establish an appropriate means by which the Consortium could interact, collaborate and develop a draft national space biomedicine strategy.
]]>ESA Space Medicine Workshophttp://uksba.org/home/2011/2/9/esa-space-medicine-workshop.htmlAdministrator2011-02-09T10:28:00ZEuropean Astronaut Centre, 4 - 8 July 2011, Cologne, Germany

ESA's Directorate of Human Space Flight Crew Medical Support Office offered students of physiology, medicine, sports science, biomedical engineering and other life science related fields of study the opportunity to take part in 'Space Medicine 2011', a workshop for students. Attendees were addressed directly by the ESA Director of Human Spaceflight, NASA's Director of Space Life Science and the Canadian Space Agency's Director of Astronauts, Life Science and Space Medicine. Lectures were given by space physiology and space medicine experts and first hand experience was passed on from the team that directly supports the health of European astronauts. Participation in practicals and demonstrations was also be part of the workshop programme.

The winning project designs can be seen in the UKSBA members library.

 

Notification of future ESA health related workshops will be shown at this site.

]]>King's College, London - Human Physiology Lectureshttp://uksba.org/home/2011/1/4/kings-college-london-human-physiology-lectures.htmlAdministrator2011-01-04T12:58:00ZThe Centre of Human & Aerospace Physiological Sciences (CHAPS) at King’s College London regularly holds a series of free public lectures at its campus sites in London. For details visit here.

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