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NASA’s Year Long Mission Will Determine if Humans Can Go to Mars and Back

.. thanks, F6 great post .. the videos were all, well, lol, except one, great to watch all of a 2nd time .. one thought while watching this time was sorta like, 'how
could anyone anywhere lucky enough to have had access to a reasonable level of education at all even consider the folly of any fact of heaven and/or hell up/out
there' .. and it was funny this time as my Adobe Flash plugin crashed halfway through the 4th one down this time .. funny while watching Orion that could happen .. :)

21 Jan 2015 .. with all links ..

Astronaut Scott Kelly will become the first American to spend a year in space.

By Jenna Pitcher A “key stepping stone” to human exploration beyond Earth will launch in March when NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko embark on a year long mission to study the effects of spaceflight on the human body. This mission will determine if humans could go to Mars and return to Earth safely.

NASA’s Human Research Program will investigate what effect a year of weightlessness has on their bodies to get an idea of the physical and mental changes astronauts may experience on long-term missions, such as to an asteroid or Mars.

“These tests will mimic potential astronaut activities and their capability to perform them after they trek the six or eight months to Mars,” said John Charles, NASA Human Research Program associate manager for international science.

NASA Planning Human Mission To Mars With Orion Test Flight - IGN News 01:07
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/02/nasa-planning-human-mission-to-mars-with-orion-test-flight?watch

The U.S. investigations are grouped into seven categories: functional, behavioral health, visual impairment, metabolic, physical performance, microbial, and human factors. For example, the “functional” category will monitor performance differences of tasks for lunar and Mars missions and will examine what happens to the body when it returns to gravity after a year of spaceflight.

“This will be a significantly different experience; being aboard the International Space Station more than twice the duration of my previous flights will not be easy, but I am looking forward to the challenge,” Kelly said in a press release. "It's not always easy for the body to adapt to microgravity. The conditions in a weightless environment take getting used to."

The “behavioral health” category will help learn how the brain copes with stress and fatigue in space, with the NeuroMapping investigation looking at how changes in gravity affects the brain’s ability to control movements The Journals study will observe how crew members adjust emotionally to their environment and the Reaction Self Test will provide data on cognitive performance.

Mars Colonization Wants You! 01:48
http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/05/10/mars-colonization-wants-you

The “metabolic” category will look at the effects of long-term spaceflight on body chemistry, the heart and immune systems.Its Integrated Immune studies will also aim to find out why the immune system can become dysfunctional during spaceflight.

The “human factors” category will assess how astronauts interact with the space station environment. This includes the Fine Motor Control study that tests fine motor skills using a tablet device, while data from the Habitability investigation will help designing future space vehicles and habitats.

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http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/01/16/nasas-robots-may-head-to-mars-via-earths-volcanoes?watch

The categories consist of numerous other studies, such as the Fluid Shifts, Ocular Health, Biochemical Profile, Cardio Ox, Hip QCT, Sprint, Microbiome and many more. The results of many of the studies will also contribute to the international medical community across various field.

NASA launched its first flight test of Orion, the spacecraft that may one day transport humans to Mars, last December. The test flight was one of the early phases in a planned series of missions to explore Mars. NASA plans to launch a manned spacecraft in 2021. NASA is also aiming to land humans on an asteroid this decade that it will place in orbit around the moon using a robotic spacecraft.

Image Credit: NASA IGN Logo

Jenna Pitcher is a freelance journalist writing for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/01/21/nasas-year-long-mission-will-determine-if-humans-can-go-to-mars-and-back

.. the 3rd up in your link list was also interesting to wander up and down through again .. it's here ..

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