Overview

From launch to landing, spaceflight is a horror show of hazards. Spaceflight is notoriously dangerous. Beyond launch mishaps and equipment failures, astronauts face serious health problems from long-term weightlessness and high-energy radiation. Not to mention, the space environment is a near-perfect vacuum that can quickly kill anyone who is unprotected.

Drawing on the hard-won insights of NASA astronauts and engineers, this 12-lecture course presents the perils of spaceflight and what experts have done to make them