Where is the research in 2025 on Stasis for spaceflights? (Space Tech)
NASA and SpaceWorks Enterprises are leading research into synthetic torpor using therapeutic hypothermia for long-duration spaceflight. Key developments include a torpor-inducing module that reduces crew habitat mass and volume by 75% for Mars missions. Astronauts cycle through 10-14-day stasis periods using intravenous cooling and pharmaceuticals, minimizing resource consumption and minimizing psychosocial stress. ESA’s focus is on mitigating long-duration spaceflight effects, while India’s Gaganyaan program focuses on foundational human spaceflight capabilities. While no agency has deployed operational stasis systems, NASA’s progress suggests this technology could revolutionize crewed deep-space missions within the next decade. The field remains largely experimental and interdisciplinary, requiring advances in medical science, engineering, and human factors to realize practical stasis systems for space exploration.
- Bone atrophy
- Cardiovascular health
- Crew habitat mass
- Gaganyaan program
- Human spaceflight
- Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC)
- Intravenous cooling
- Isolation experiments.
- Long-duration spaceflight
- Mars missions
- Metabolic reduction
- Microgravity
- Muscle atrophy
- NASA
- Neurological health
- Pharmaceuticals
- Psychosocial stress
- Radiation exposure
- Resource consumption
- Space medicine
- SpaceWorks Enterprises
- Stasis technology
- Synthetic torpor
- Therapeutic hypothermia
- Torpor-inducing module
Inspiring The Next Generation of Indian Explorers (Space People)
Indian Air Force test pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, born in Lucknow in 1985, was selected as a Gaganyaan astronaut and pilot of Axiom Mission 4 Ax-4, marking India’s space resurgence after a 41-year hiatus. Shukla graduated from NDA with a BSc in Computer Science and an M.Tech in Aerospace Engineering. He is married to Dr. Kamna Shubha Shukla, a dentist. She has known Shubhanshu since having been classmates since primary school, maintaining a close friendship that developed into marriage. The couple has a son together. His journey underlines India’s new phase in space ambitions.
- Ad Astra Per Espera
- Aerospace Engineering
- Astrophotography.
- Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4)
- Earth observation
- Fitness
- Gaganyaan astronaut
- Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
- Global mission engagement
- Horoscopes
- Indian Air Force (IAF)
- International Space Station (ISS)
- Legacy
- Life sciences
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Lucknow
- Materials science
- Microgravity nutrition
- National confidence
- National Defence Academy (NDA)
- Personal life
- PM Modi
- Research activities
- Science literature
- Shubhanshu Shukla
- Space technology
- SpaceX
- Test pilot
- Vyomanaut Group