Improving the Psychological Status of Astronauts in Space and its Application to Humans on Earth

Due to the various benefits of space technology and the proposed human settlement on the celestial bodies in the future. Therefore, there would be long-term future human deep-space mission of non-astronaut tourists or scientific payload specialists; but there are major risks in these proposed long-term manned missions. The risk factors include gravity transition, distance from the earth, space radiation, isolation or confinement, and hostile or closed environment. Most of these factors will have effects on the behaviour and emotion of space travellers which may lead to mental health challenges. The overview of these risk factors are given in relation to the development of mental health challenge for an astronaut in space; and the specific measures to improve astronauts psychological status in space is discussed; while the salient points are recommended as quite useful for human on earth, especially those in the confined or isolated environment.

Author(s): Funmilola Oluwafemi

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