The International Space Station needs to maintain an orbit around 400 km
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Peer-reviewed literature and reference materials report that living and operating on the International Space Station involves maintaining an altitude of about 400 km above the Earth's surface.
Living in space today means to stay at an altitude of about 400 km above the Earth surface, on the orbital International Space Station (ISS). In the ‘70s the man reached the Moon but a manned space exploration mission, beyond low Earth orbit and cislunar space, might significantly increase adverse psychophysical effects on human wellbeing. Nowadays, a manned mission to deeper space, such as for example to Mars, is one of the greatest psychological challenge that has never been faced by the humankind. Due to the enormous distance between Earth and Mars, astronauts sent to Mars will be the first human beings who will lose a direct visual link with their Home Planet. Human responses to this and other extreme conditions that might be encountered during long duration missions into deep space are still unknown. In addition, the acute and long term effects of altered gravitational input on the central nervous system and their impact on sensorimotor and cognitive functions need to be clarified to assure maximum performance capabilities during spaceflight and planetary explorations. Our current knowledge on psychological and cognitive effects of orbital spaceflights or analogue environments is not sufficient to reliably assess the specific risks of human mission into outer space. New psychological challenges of mission to Mars will be analyzed with respect to three different areas: individual response and small crew interactions in isolated, confined, and extreme environments (ICE); h
The European Space Agency has released a video in which it includes six months of images taken from the International Space Station in just six minutes. In the images you can see northern auroras, as well as the image of the planet Earth when it is night and the most populated areas are illuminated. In total there are more than 12 thousand high definition photographs captured by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst. Once processed, and with the technique of the apse, this video is achieved planet Earth more than 400 kilometres high.
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