We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Taking the throne in 1952, Queen Elizabeth is the longest-reigning British monarch having reigned for 70 years.
The thoughts of the Northumbria community are with the Royal Family at this sad time.
This should be really good...@Tarazed133 will be talking at Greg’s Monument 2-3pm today about how we can simulate being in space in our very own lab here @NUSportEx@NorthumbriaUni on #VGSS. And I’ve seen the props Kirsty has made...they’re brilliant 👏😁🚀
About to launch into micro-g for the first time in the Variable Gravity Suspension System #VGSS in the hands of Flight Director (aka @_LukeHughes_) and Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems Engineer (aka Pat Swain). Hope to post more after landing @NUaerospacemed@NUSportEx 🚀
The low-gravity, isolated environment of space can have damaging effects on the human body. 💪
We're funding research at @NorthumbriaUni, @LivUni, @ManMetUni and @unibirmingham to study the effects, which could lead to benefits for all of us. 👩🚀👨🚀
👉 https://t.co/hg5ZrA0BSN
After more than a year out of the lab, I’ve spent the last two days with the @NUaerospacemed team working on our new whole body horizontal suspension system. Our first participant (30kg manikin) was suspended in simulated zero-g today 🚀 @NUSportEx@NorthumbriaUni@UK_SpaceLABS
Fantastic launch event for the Space Zone exhibition at the @scienceatlifecentre . @nickcaplan23, @UKSBA_Andrew and the @NUaerospacemed team at Northumbria showed Britain’s first astronaut Helen Sharman their installation featuring their astronaut rehabilitation research.
@UKSBA_Andrew @astro_marsrocky @E_Barratt@nickcaplan23 The very high pressure (about 9 bar) and very high temp (over 400 degC)+ sulphur acid means Venus isn't good for spacecraft or people