SPACE FOR
MENTAL HEALTH
Astronaut emotional health / Research programme

The human dimension of space.

Investigating emotional health, human connection and life in extreme environments.

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Emotional Responses
of Astronauts

Exploring how social, organisational and technological conditions shape emotional life in analogue missions.

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Understanding life
beyond the familiar.

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June 14, 2023

Bid Writing Workshop

We are looking forward to going into a new gear with our research into the mental / emotional health of astronauts. We are holding a bid writing workshop tomorrow in which we will prepare proposals for ESRC and EPSRC. Space is awesome.

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May 4, 2023

Loughborough Business School Launch Event

We gave a talk at Loughborough Business School to help launch their rebrand. It was very well attended and pleasure to present on our research into astronaut mental health. https://www.lboro.ac.uk/schools/business-school/

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March 6, 2023

Interview with The National (UAE)

PI Dr Patrick Stacey was interviewed by Dan Beardsley of the The National (UAE) about the project and the implications for the Emirates first astronaut, Hazza Al Mansouri:   https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2023/03/05/how-spending-time-in-space-poses-challenges-for-body-and-mind/ …includes my excerpts from my interview last week

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February 15, 2023

Music Collective

We have established an international space music collective called “Music for the Mental Health of Astronauts”. It includes the established artists Dream State Logic, Terminus Void, Pat Keista, Sepula and more. Please visit: https://spaceformentalhealth.org/music/

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