Aims & Scope
npj Microgravity considers all aspects of research that enables spaceflight and space exploration and the challenges of operating in space environments, including planetary surfaces.
The journal covers a broad range of topics including but not limited to:
- Space medicine and health maintenance
- Biomedical responses and adaptations to space environments
- Human factors and psychological aspects of long-duration space missions
- Plant biology and growth in reduced gravity
- Microbial behaviour in space
- Fluid dynamics physics
- Complex fluids
- Fundamental physics
- Materials science and manufacturing
- In-space manufacturing
- In-situ resource utilization
- Engineering technology
- Space biotechnology and applications
- Space agriculture and food production
- Effects of radiation and radiation shielding in space environments
- Space technology and hardware development
- Combustion science
- Space biology and astrobiology
- Space environmental monitoring and contamination control
- Sustainable space exploration, environmental impact, and responsible resource management
- Collaborative efforts and international spaceflight and exploration partnerships
The journal offers more choice to Nature Portfolio authors who are seeking a fully open-access and more inclusive platform for publishing their work. The journal is led by spaceflight experts who collaborate to cultivate high-quality research. As part of the npj Series, this journal focuses on fostering global partnerships with the research community and other Springer Nature journals.
