Health

Andreas will spend around six months in space during his Huginn mission, and will experience a completely different environment than he is used to. Like all astronauts, he needs to work out every day to keep his muscle and bone mass, and conduct science experiments throughout the day.

Virtual Assistance Mental Balance, or VAMB, aims to give astronauts room to breathe with a virtual reality experience with a calming atmosphere. Understanding how to support astronauts’ mental health during long duration missions will be vital for humankind’s exploration of the Solar System as we plan to have a permanent presence on the Moon and human missions to Mars.

Getting a good night’s sleep is vital to wellbeing. Astronauts on the Space Station rest in a sleeping bag attached to the wall. The Circadian Lights experiment will use specifically coloured lights in Andreas’s crew quarters, where he will use the light during the evening and morning to see if it affects sleep quality.

He will also be performing:

- ARED Kinematics

- Immunity Assay

- SpaceWear

- Sleep in Orbit

- FOAM

- Brain DTI

- Epigenetic Adaption