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Two years ago the Bed-rest study (BBR), was carried out by prof. Felsenberg and his team (Berliner Charité) and proved that a few minutes Galileo training extensively prevents muscle loss and therefore indirectly bone loss. The results were enough for space programmes worldwide to approach Galileo and the Galileo space was created.


To meet certain requirements the “Galileo space” required more testing under zero gravity conditions. Mainly to ensure vibrations will not transfer outward and not damage the structure of the space station. These tests proved successful during the four-day flight campaign of which 120 parabolic flights were undertaken. This is the first hurdle for the actual employment of Galileo training in space.

Galileo is currently used by two space programmes.
 

 





Muscle and bone loss are still one of the large problems with long-term stays in the universe for example on the international space station EAT.

This is still more serious with future Mars missions, where astronauts must immediately be operational after an average one-year journey travelling to and from Mars. With past methods astronauts would diminish so much muscle and bone mass that its efficiency would only return after significant training. An efficient training method, for example Galileo vibration training is paramount for the execution of future Mars missions.