{"id":134242,"date":"2022-01-18T10:44:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T18:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/the-first-archaeological-space-experiment-is-happening-aboard-the-iss"},"modified":"2022-01-18T10:44:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T18:44:18","slug":"the-first-archaeological-space-experiment-is-happening-aboard-the-iss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/the-first-archaeological-space-experiment-is-happening-aboard-the-iss","title":{"rendered":"The First Archaeological Space Experiment Is Happening Aboard the ISS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/the-first-archaeological-space-experiment-is-happening-aboard-the-iss2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Bringing archaeological perspectives to an active space domain\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>While most people naturally associate archaeology with ancient remains and treasured artifacts, one group of scientists is breaking that mold by kickstarting the first-ever archaeological project aboard the International Space Station (ISS), a press statement reveals.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first time such a project has taken place aboard any space habitat and its aim is to catalog how humans adapt their living behaviors while in space for months at a time. As a point of reference, the longest stay aboard the ISS so far is NASA astronaut Christina Koch\u2019s 328-day stay, which ended last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re the first to try to understand how humans relate to the items they live with in space,\u201d explained Associate Professor Justin Walsh of Chapman University in California, one of the study leads. \u201cBy bringing archaeological perspectives to an active space domain, we\u2019re the first to show how people adapt their behavior to a completely new environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Full Story:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Bringing archaeological perspectives to an active space domain\u2019. While most people naturally associate archaeology with ancient remains and treasured artifacts, one group of scientists is breaking that mold by kickstarting the first-ever archaeological project aboard the International Space Station (ISS), a press statement reveals. It is the first time such a project has taken place [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-habitats","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}