Design and Analysis of Direct Abort Orbits in the Earth-Moon Transfer Phase of Crewed Lunar Exploration Missions by Lin Lu, Haiyang Li, Wanmeng Zhou, Xinfeng Wu, Huiru Cui

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Evolution of Magnetic Reconnection in an Electron-scale Current Sheet by Yundan Guan, Quanming Lu, San Lu, Rongsheng Wang

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Toward Enhanced Prediction of High‐Impact Solar Energetic Particle Events Using Multimodal Time Series Data Fusion Models by Pouya Hosseinzadeh, Soukaina Filali Boubrahimi, Shah Muhammad Hamdi

“…Accurate prediction of these high‐energy events is essential for safeguarding astronauts, spacecraft, and electronic systems. In this study, we conduct an in‐depth investigation into the application of multimodal data fusion techniques for the prediction of high‐energy SEP events, particularly ∼100 MeV events. …”
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Evaluation of Simulated Weightlessness Model of Hindlimb Unloading Miniature Pigs and Their Tissue Damage by TU Yingxin, JI Yilan, WANG Fei, YANG Dongming, WANG Dongdong, SUN Zhixin, DAI Yuexin, WANG Yanji, KAN Guanghan, WU Bin, ZHAO Deming, YANG Lifeng

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Dynamic and Structural Performances of a New Sailcraft Concept for Interplanetary Missions by Alessandro Peloni, Daniele Barbera, Susanna Laurenzi, Christian Circi

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Combined Effects of Microgravity and Chronic Low-Dose Gamma Radiation on <i>Brassica rapa</i> Microgreens by Sara De Francesco, Isabel Le Disquet, Veronica Pereda-Loth, Lenka Tisseyre, Stefania De Pascale, Chiara Amitrano, Eugénie Carnero Diaz, Veronica De Micco

“…While certain doses of ionizing radiation may enhance crop yield and quality, providing “functional food” rich in bioactive compounds, to support astronaut health, the combined effects of radiation and reduced gravity are still unclear, with potential additive, synergistic, or antagonistic interactions. …”
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A Surrogate Model for Studying Solar Energetic Particle Transport and the Seed Population by Atilim Guneş Baydin, Bala Poduval, Nathan A. Schwadron

“…Abstract The high energy particles originating from the Sun, known as solar energetic particles (SEPs), contribute significantly to the space radiation environment, posing serious threats to astronauts and scientific instruments on board spacecraft. …”
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HESPERIA REleASE+: Improving Solar Proton Event Forecasting by Means of Automated Recognition of Type‐III Radio Bursts by Arik Posner, Olga Ε. Malandraki, Michalis Karavolos, Kostas Tziotziou, Fanis Smanis, Bernd Heber, Henrik Dröge, Patrick Kühl, Giorgos P. Veldes

“…The goal is to allow astronauts on a Lunar or Mars mission sufficient advance warning to reach a radiation shelter to minimize radiation dose exposure. …”
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Passive Radar-Based Parameter Estimation of Low Earth Orbit Debris Targets by Justin K. A. Henry, Ram M. Narayanan

“…As a result, significant efforts by both the public and private sectors are geared towards enhancing space domain awareness capabilities to protect future satellites and astronauts from impact by these orbiting debris. Current approaches and standards implement very large radar arrays, telescopes, and laser ranging systems to detect and track such objects. …”
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Establishing baselines for prebiotic production in controlled environments for applications in space and vertical farming by Alberto Battistelli, Simona Proietti, Gabriele Paglialunga, Michele Mattioni, Filomena Nazzaro, Florinda Fratianni, Giuseppe Colla, Mariateresa Cardarelli, Marta Del Bianco, Stefano Moscatello

“…Prebiotics might contribute to astronauts' health in space, yet their production in Bioregenerative Life Support Systems (BLSS) remains largely unexplored. …”
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A Critical Analysis On Margaret E. Roberts (2018), Censored: Distraction And Diversion Inside China’s Great Firewall by Restu Karlina Rahayu

“…Fear is something dynamic, as time evolve it creates sensitivity, but it does not stop the basic need of information. American astronaut Thomas P. Stafford mentioned that evolution made us the ultimate learning machine, and the ultimate learning machine needs to be oiled by curiosity (Stafford 2012). …”
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Fast and Accurate Hand Visual Detection by Using a Spatial-Channel Attention SSD for Hand-Based Space Robot Teleoperation by Qing Gao, Xin Zhang, Wenrao Pang

“…To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed method, experiments on some public datasets and a custom astronaut hand detection dataset (AHD) are conducted. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Failure Analysis of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer-Based Pyrotechnic Separation Device by Mingfa Ren, Fei Weng, Jing Sun, Zhifeng Zhang, Zhiguo Ma, Tong Li

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Regolith-Rich PEEK Composite Bricks: Steps Towards Space-Ready Lunar Construction Materials by Roberto Torre, Carlo Giovanni Ferro, Lorenzo Bono, Aidan Cowley

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A Simple Method for Correcting Empirical Model Densities During Geomagnetic Storms Using Satellite Orbit Data by Daniel A. Brandt, Charles D. Bussy‐Virat, Aaron J. Ridley

“…These drawbacks risk the safety of astronauts and orbiting spacecraft and also limit understanding of the physics of thermospheric density enhancements. …”
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Lunar and Martian gravity alter immune cell interactions with endothelia in parabolic flight by Yu Du, Bing Han, Katharina Biere, Nathalie Abdelmalek, Xinyu Shu, Chaoyang Song, Guangyao Chen, Ning Li, Marina Tuschen, Huan Wu, Shujin Sun, Alexander Choukér, Mian Long, Dominique Moser

“…Comparable to microgravity, partial gravity in these destinations is assumed to dysregulate immune functions, thereby threatening astronauts´ health. To investigate the impact of partial gravity on immune cell attachment to vessel endothelia, THP-1 cells and HUVEC cell layers were monitored in a flow chamber system during parabolic flight in lunar (0.16 g) or Martian (0.38 g) gravity. …”
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High Energy Solar Particle Events and Their Relationship to Associated Flare, CME and GLE Parameters by C. O. G. Waterfall, S. Dalla, O. Raukunen, D. Heynderickx, P. Jiggens, R. Vainio

“…These risks include, but are not limited to, radiation hazards to astronauts and disruption to satellites and electronics. …”
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Introduction to the January 2025 Issue by Peter H. Siegel

“…Our January issue content includes 19 regular papers spanning topics that include wearable smart skins, batteryless IoT devices, astronaut hand gesture recognition, THz chiral structures, and metamaterial transmitarrays. …”
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Galactic Cosmic Radiation in the Interplanetary Space Through a Modern Secular Minimum by F. Rahmanifard, W. C. deWet, N. A. Schwadron, M. J. Owens, A. P. Jordan, J. K. Wilson, C. J. Joyce, H. E. Spence, C. W. Smith, L. W. Townsend

“…We used these results to determine the most conservative permissible mission duration (PMD, 290.4−35.9+37.7 and 204.3−25.2+26.6 days for 45‐year‐old male and female astronauts, respectively) based on a 3% risk of exposure‐induced death (REID) at the upper 95% confidence interval in interplanetary space.…”
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Forecasting High‐Speed Solar Wind Streams From Solar Images by Daniel Collin, Yuri Shprits, Stefan J. Hofmeister, Stefano Bianco, Guillermo Gallego

“…Abstract The solar wind, a stream of charged particles originating from the Sun and transcending interplanetary space, poses risks to technology and astronauts. In this work, we develop a prediction model to forecast the solar wind speed (SWS) at the Earth. …”
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