Gavin Travers

Blade runner 🦿🏃‍♂️ For the first time, @esa has tested the performance of a lower limb prosthesis in microgravity. Watch astronaut reserve John McFall pushing boundaries during the latest parabolic flight campaign on the @AirZeroG aircraft. Inclusive space exploration with Fly!: esa.int/Science_Explor… 📸 @esa/@ottobockuk/@iamfivetoes

This is a really notable first for human space flight. John McFall; paralympian, surgeon and British @esa astronaut is the first person with a disability to be cleared to work on the @Space_Station Congratulations to John and the team at ESA for all your hard work over the past 18 months to show this is now technically possible. Good luck on the next ‘Mission Ready’ phase. #space #stem #career #astronaut

🚴‍♂️💫 Cycling into the future of spaceflight! As part of ESA’s #Fly! initiative, member of the @esa astronaut reserve John McFall put his prosthesis to the test—cycling 🚲 in a -6° head-down position 🔄 to study how fluid shifts in microgravity might affect the fit. 🌍🚀 Find out more about the results and how ESA is working to make spaceflight more inclusive: esa.int/Science_Explor… 📸👉 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…

Our new paper is out in @SportsMedicineJ: The Training Intensity Distribution of Marathon Runners Across Performance Levels. Another big-data study from the Strava dataset link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Short QT intervals in African lions in captivity compared to both conscious and anaesthetised wild lions. physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/EP…

Today we welcomed a delegation of Belgian Olympic and Paralympic support staff and athletes to discuss skill acquisition, performance monitoring, and preparing for peak performance in both sport and space!

🌕✨ LUNA opens its doors today! Europe’s very own #MoonOnEarth is bringing the lunar surface to Earth, preparing astronauts and advancing space technology. Ready to explore? 🚀 #LUNA 🔗 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…

Space radiation measurements during the Artemis I lunar mission nature.com/articles/s4158….

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Please share: Additional Internal Research Fellowship available here at EAC within the Human Exploration Science Office!! Post dedicated to blood coagulation, hemodynamics and thromboembolic disorders in microgravity. Link: jobs.esa.int/job/Porz-Wahn-…

From Paralympic athlete to astronaut. There are no limitations. ESA Astronaut Reserve John McFall delivered the flag at the Opening Ceremony of the #Paralympics in Paris last night, jointly with French sailor and Paralympic champion Damien Seguin. Always go the extra mile!

Internal Research Fellow (Post-Doc) position currently available under the directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration at ESA. More information here: jobs.esa.int/job/Noordwijk-…

ESA Announcement of Opportunity for Lunar gravity parabolic flight. Particular focus on human research and applied sciences. Apply here: tinyurl.com/ESA-Lunar-PFC

⁦@UBC_HES⁩ ⁦@GlynHowatson⁩ very pleased to see this one out. Amazing effort from ⁦@ApeHearts⁩ ⁦@BryonyCurry⁩ many years in the making. Thanks to all. nature.com/articles/s4200…

A huge congratulations to the new members of the @esa astronaut corps, and to all those involved in the training over the last parabolic flight campaign! bbc.com/news/science-e…

Was a real pleasure to be back with @AirZeroG supporting the final part of the @esa astronaut training last week. The team got to experience a range of tasks in microgravity, including translation and stabilisation, use of tools and equipment during spacewalks, and even CPR.

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2 x research associate roles available with me and @UoB_EEL on "Improving females health and performance by mitigating heat strain" jobs.worcester.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?i… Closing date 16th Feb. Spread the word!

#ArticlesInPress, #Exercise microdosing for skeletal #muscle health applications to spaceflight Adam C. Voss, et al. 🖱️ow.ly/x3cO50Qqs4B #JAPPL @HPLBallState

Reflections on physiology and modelling. physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…