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Human Factors
Crew performance, mission operations, space history, policy and the human consequences of exploration.


SpaceX is reflying its sixth cargo Dragon while Boeing's crewed Starliner reverts to…

Why do we explore, anyway

The Katy Perry flight wasn't a vanity project

Why Chris Hadfield argues that fear is a knowledge problem, and how we might apply it…

The quiet freedom of routine

NASA's inspector general called the Space Launch System unsustainable at $4.1 billion…

NASA imaged the Kuskokwim River ice breakup at Aniak one year after a $20 million…

There’s a NASA concept called “habitability,” and it helps explain why some homes feel…

The real reason your flight gets canceled has nothing to do with weather on the ground

The astronaut-inspired sleep rules that quietly transformed my nights
