Dorit Donoviel, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:30:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Dorit Donoviel, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 What returning to lunar space means for human health https://spacenews.com/what-returning-to-lunar-space-means-for-human-health/ https://spacenews.com/what-returning-to-lunar-space-means-for-human-health/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=585008 Artemis 2 earthset

Preparing to send astronauts back to the moon is no small feat. Spaceflight exposes the body to both known and unknown risks, some of which are subtle, cumulative and difficult […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/what-returning-to-lunar-space-means-for-human-health/feed/ 0 585008 Taking ‘remote care’ to new heights — how space can shape the future of healthcare https://spacenews.com/taking-remote-care-to-new-heights-how-space-can-shape-the-future-of-healthcare/ https://spacenews.com/taking-remote-care-to-new-heights-how-space-can-shape-the-future-of-healthcare/#respond Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=516390 Illustration of NASA astronauts on the lunar South Pole. Credit: NASA

Imagine you’re on the moon, digging up lunar regolith. You’re focused on the task at hand when you suddenly slip and fall, right into your pickaxe. Even in the moon’s […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/taking-remote-care-to-new-heights-how-space-can-shape-the-future-of-healthcare/feed/ 0 516390 How to conduct safe and robust medical research in the new space age https://spacenews.com/how-to-conduct-safe-and-robust-medical-research-in-thenew-space-age/ https://spacenews.com/how-to-conduct-safe-and-robust-medical-research-in-thenew-space-age/#respond Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=510876 ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti operates the rHEALTH One analyzer on the International Space Station in May 2022. Credit: NASA

It usually starts with a headache. Headaches are one of the earliest symptoms of Space Adaptation System, a type of space motion sickness that affects 60% to 80% of astronauts […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/how-to-conduct-safe-and-robust-medical-research-in-thenew-space-age/feed/ 0 510876 Why space is the next frontier to accelerate medical research https://spacenews.com/why-space-next-frontier-accelerate-medical-research/ https://spacenews.com/why-space-next-frontier-accelerate-medical-research/#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:58:19 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=505653 Polaris Dawn takes off Sept. 10 at 5:23 AM EDT as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Polaris Program / John Kraus

Early Tuesday morning, Polaris Dawn flew through the atmosphere, taking its four crewmembers to the highest altitude humans have experienced since the Apollo era, where they will conduct the first […]

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