S01 → Blue Dot/White Tangerine
From the Microscope to the Telescope
→ Research & Development
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NeurAstra Educational Programme
First Edition — Feynman Promotion (2024/2025)
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The NeurAstra Educational Programme (NAEP) is an initiative designed to engage students, early-career researchers, and professionals transitioning into science-related fields, all sharing a passion for science, nature, and space. This programme offers a unique opportunity to collaborate on NeurAstra’s initiatives while developing the methodologies and skills needed to launch innovative and impactful research projects.
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Lunar Exploration Protection Guidelines
with Moon Village Association
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Researchers and space agencies are currently collaborating worldwide to minimise the environmental impact of lunar missions by adhering to strict planetary protection guidelines. At its scale, the GEGSLA Lunar Technical Coordination Working Group aims to ensure the responsible and sustainable exploration of the Moon while preserving its environment. These measures include decontaminating spacecraft to prevent biological contamination and establishing safety protocols for lunar bases to avoid harmful interference with the lunar surface and its potential resources. By combining cutting-edge technology with ethical stewardship, the project highlights humanity’s commitment to preserving the lunar environment for future generations and ultimately fostering a sustainable lunar presence.
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Non-neoplastic Effects of Ionising Radiation on the Central Nervous System
with the European Space Agency (ESA) Citizen Science Space Medicine Team
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The European Space Agency launched in 2023 a citizen science project within the STARS (Systematic Threat Analysis of Radiation from Space) entity, involving researchers around the globe to work on a systematic review. The aim is to understand better how the unique space environment may affect the central nervous system in humans, shed light on potential neurological implications, and inform strategies for mitigating risks associated with prolonged space travel.
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Fill In the Gap in Human Research in Space (FIGURES)
with Space Generation Advisory Council
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The Space Generation Advisory Council FIGURES long-term project aims to close the gender data gap in human spaceflight and exploration. The initiative seeks to connect analogue mission crews and space medicine institutes by suggesting experiments to be carried out following optimised and inclusive protocols.
Check out our Events section for more information.
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ROADMAP: Space Exploration Diversity
with Space Generation Advisory Council
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To implement concepts and ideas from the next generation, the Space Exploration Project Group (SEPG) is launching 3 new committees to form a Space Exploration Roadmap. It represents an international effort to prepare collaborative human and robotic space exploration and to define feasible and sustainable exploration pathways to the Moon, near-Earth asteroids, Mars and deep space over the next 25 years. To kickstart this programme we are addressing 3 goals of this roadmap: 1. Planetary Sciences, solving the uncertainties in our solar system. 2. Improving human safety during space exploration missions, ensuring equality for genders. 3. Tackling engineering and robotic challenges for space exploration.
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B.E.A.C.O.N. COST Action Proposal
with Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA) / Aerospace Medicine Student and Resident Organization (AMSRO) and the COST European Cooperation in Science & Technology, coordinated by Dr Garcia Torrents
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Since 2021, the AsMA/AMSRO Spain Chapter has proposed a European COST Action called Bridging Education and Action for Comprehensive One Health Nurturing (B.E.A.C.O.N.). The initiative is structured around five key groups to harness the power of open health technologies, with a particular focus on the ethical and transparent use of generative artificial intelligence and expert systems. As a result, a research project (“Open Medical Technologies and Sustainable Development — From Basic Needs to Space Exploration”) arose to connect remote medicine technologies to the space environment, and vice versa.