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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Featured research

Emotional Responses
of Astronauts

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

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Conceptual illustration linking experience, environment and emotion
Mission studies / From the research journal

Understanding life
beyond the familiar.

The research journal

Latest perspectives.

December 12, 2022

We Attended Space Expo at Bremen

We attended the Space Expo at Bremen on 15 November 2022. It was very worthwhile and very interesting. We made meaningful connections with Astronautin, Bremen University, Italian Space Agency, European Space Agency, and many more. The conference buzz words were ‘launch’, ‘space economy’, ‘sustainability’ and ‘qualification’. There was, unsurprising perhaps, little mention of human factors, […]

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June 21, 2022

We Presented to a European Research Consortium

We presented on “A Critical Investigation of the Mental Health of Astronauts: Implications for Systems” to the European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS) on June 21st 2022 https://www.wi.uni-muenster.de/events/4385-critical-investigation-mental-health-astronauts-implications-systems

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June 16, 2022

Evening Standard Interview

Dr Patrick Stacey was interviewed by the Evening Standard about the team’s research into the mental health of astronauts while away on space missions. https://podfollow.com/1516299890/episode/3cb0e16ae260e9c02cc706fa8fff2db4cd4d0cbd/view

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June 15, 2022

Press Release

Here is the press release for the advent of our bold research into the mental health dynamics of astronauts on space missions: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/news/2022/june/astronauts-mental-health-quizzed-by-researchers/

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A wider perspective
on human health.

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