SFU Aerospace Physiology Laboratory

12/25/2025

🎄 Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year from the Simon Fraser University (SFU) Aerospace Physiology Laboratory (APL) Team! 🎄

We're excited for more to come in 2026! 🚀 🌌 🌟

12/24/2025

🚀 Exciting New Research from SFU’s Aerospace Physiology Lab 🚀

The SFU Aerospace Physiology Laboratory has published new research titled “Repeatability of Artificial Gravity Tolerance Times” which explores how humans respond to artificial gravity. This work helps better understand how our bodies cope with changing gravitational forces. This provides insights that can improve the quality of life on Earth. 🌎

🔗 Read the full article in Frontiers in Physiology: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2025.1464028/full

12/17/2025

The Simon Fraser University Aerospace Physiology Laboratory has been publishing some fascinating new research, pushing the boundaries of what we know about human performance in flight, space, and high‑altitude conditions. These new insights uncover how we might keep humans healthy as we push further from Earth.

Read the summary here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/brob21_two-new-spaceflight-studies-one-an-ai-guided-activity-7405248154914275328-VA2r?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACkj4TQBFtV7htqCZDWtSb0pAJx5ahzHOiY

Read the publication here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41290689/

Infographic by: Amiza Zahari, MD.

Two new spaceflight studies, one an AI-guided space pharmacy and the other pairing cycling with artificial gravity, new insights into how we might keep humans healthy as we push farther from Earth. Devjoy Dev, PhD and colleagues just published a space pharmacopeia for short term missions in Acta Ast...

06/05/2025

The SFU Aerospace Physiology Laboratory extends its deepest condolences to Mr. Garneau’s family on his passing. We honour his legacy and extend our heartfelt sympathy during this difficult time.

The first Canadian to go to space served in Trudeau government as transport minister, foreign affairs minister

05/27/2025

Checkout what the SFU APL has been recently up to on the ISS:
https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2025/05/20/exercise-research-growing-space-crops-and-science-packing-fill-day/

Exciting research!

03/21/2025

Happy birthday Joshua Kutryk! ✨

Join us in wishing a happy birthday to great Canadian adventurer, military pilot and CSA astronaut, Joshua Kutryk! ✨

Josh was raised on a cattle farm in Alberta and went on to spread his wings as a military fighter pilot and CF-18 instructor pilot. He holds degrees in mechanical engineering, flight test engineering and space studies.

Josh is the next CSA astronaut to go to the International Space Station for a long-duration mission.

🔗 Find out more about his career: https://ow.ly/7i0b50VlyTi

📷 CSA/NASA

03/19/2025

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03/13/2025

Our science team were busy over night processing images returned from yesterday’s Mars flyby – including astrophysicist, stereoscopist and Queen guitarist Sir Brian May, seen with principal investigator Prof. Patrick Michel. Images to come in today's livestream at 10.50 GMT/11:50 CET).

https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Watch_live_Images_from_Hera_s_Mars_flyby

03/12/2025

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03/06/2025

Moon landing today! - just 160 km from the South Pole, carrying a hopper that can explore nearby deep craters - looking for water. Soft landings to !
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/live/WGf4aWipxC0?si=h1n8cD5NjmuB2Mya

03/06/2025

NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station.