May 17, 2024

The following are news items that have come out in the past week that we think our members, subscribers, and readers might be interested in:

1. Simulated high-altitude exposure for 24 hours is well tolerated despite single-ventricle physiology: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-simulated-high-altitude-exposure-hours.html.
2. John McFall: Para-astronaut on a mission to open up space: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68939004.
3. Transcriptomic evidence of erythropoietic adaptation from the International Space Station and from an Earth-based space analog: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41526-024-00400-9.
4. Jaw-dropping northern lights from massive solar flares amaze skywatchers around the world. 'We have a very rare event on our hands.' (photos): https://www.space.com/spectacular-northern-lights-rare-solar-flares-may-2024. 
5. First food ever baked in space gets a home at the Smithsonian: https://wtop.com/business-finance/2024/05/first-food-ever-baked-in-space-gets-a-home-at-the-smithsonian/.
6. Celebrating RAF Nurses on International Nurses Day 2024: https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/celebrating-raf-nurses-on-international-nurses-day-2024/.
7. How SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts will attempt the 1st-ever 'all-civilian' spacewalk: https://www.space.com/spacex-polaris-dawn-progressing-toward-ambitious-launch.