Daytona Beach, Fla. —Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has launched an undergraduate degree in aerospace physiology, regarded as the first program of its kind. The curriculum, developed in ...

Students at the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine routinely use an altitude hypobaric chamber at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, which simulates a flight at 25,000 feet, as part of initial ...

The US Air Force's Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) investigating the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor's life support system found that the service has allowed its aerospace physiology expertise to ...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University are invited to learn more about the new Aerospace Physiology Certificate Program during a webinar Thursday, July 27, from 3 to 4 p.m. Aerospace ...

There is plenty of expensive equipment on the ramp at Vance Air Force Base. T-38 Talons cost three-quarters of a million dollars (in 1961 dollars, at least), the T-6A Texan II is nearly $4.3 million ...

Strange things happen to the body in space. When astronaut Scott Kelly returned home after spending almost a year aboard the international space station, he was 2 inches taller. Kelly later reverted ...

NASA astronaut Douglas Hurley speaks with a NASA engineer just before getting into the Air Force Research Laboratory’s centrifuge. Ten astronauts participated in the testing Nov. 1 and 2 – one with ...

"I have a passion for bioastronautics and assisting humanity to become a space-faring species. My ultimate goal is to assist astronaut crews in withstanding the physiological effects of space as they ...

Riding roller coasters this summer, you might experience 4Gs, or four times the force of gravity. The experience might make you dizzy, but it’s nothing compared to flying on a military fighter jet or ...

Senior Master Sgt. Paul Johal, United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine operational physiology superintendent, briefs students in the altitude hypobaric chamber about familiarizing ...