Social isolation in space: An investigation of LUNARK, the first human mission in an Arctic Moon analog habitat

• Published in: Acta Astronautica
• Main Authors: Riva, Paolo, Rusconi, Patrice, Pancani, Luca, Chterev, Konstantin
• Other Authors: Riva, P, Rusconi, P, Pancani, L, Chterev, K
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2022
• Subjects: Extreme environment; LUNARK mission; Resignation; Social isolation; Space psychology; M-PSI/05 - PSICOLOGIA SOCIALE; Arctic; Greenland; Psi
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10281/360205; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.03.007; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576522001059

Research to address the technical challenges of human missions into space is growing. Knowledge about the social-psychological aspects of individuals’ experiences of confinement within habitats in space missions or extreme environments is also rapidly expanding. Social isolation is among one of the...