Science & Engineering
The international space station runs on a five-day work and two-day rest schedule…
In the final weeks of 1973, three astronauts aboard NASA's Skylab space station were struggling.
Human Factors
Astronaut Chris Hadfield says confidence on the ISS didn't come from optimism
A navigator plotting a course does not spend the whole voyage imagining the smooth water ahead.
Human Factors
NASA's playbook for staying intact through long isolation
At NASA, a scientist named Tom Williams leads the Human Factors and Behavioral Performance work inside NASA's Human Research Program.
Psychology
Psychology suggests stargazing might be better for us than we realize
Step outside on a clear night in rural Ireland and the sky is just there. No app to open, no announcement, no preamble.
Human Factors
Why do we explore, anyway
When I was twenty-something and working in a corporate job, I started looking at the people who were ten and fifteen years ahead of me on the ladder.
Human Factors
Why Chris Hadfield argues that fear is a knowledge problem, and how we might apply…
"Okay, I can't see, but I can hear, I can talk, Scott Parazynski is out here with me.
Human Factors
The quiet freedom of routine
I’ve been reading lately about how astronauts live, and the thing that has stayed with me isn’t the gear or the spacewalks.
Human Factors
The astronaut-inspired sleep rules that quietly transformed my nights
The way my evening looks these days: by nine or ten, the overhead lights in the living room are off, replaced by a single warm-toned lamp in the corner.
Human Behaviour
NASA's seven-letter framework for navigating loneliness and isolation
Loneliness has, in the last decade, moved from a private discomfort to a public health concern.
Science & Engineering
NASA schedules 8.5 hours of sleep for astronauts
Most of us know we don't sleep enough. We know it the way we know we should drink more water or sit less — we've heard it, we believe it in the abstract, and then we keep doing what we do.
Psychology
NASA research suggests strategic napping improves alertness and performance
I have spent most of my working life fighting the same battle at the same time of day.