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Menstrual Cycle Control and Venous Thromboembolism Risk in Female Astronauts
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Astronaut Injury Surveillance Using the Barell Injury Diagnosis Matrix
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Bone Changes During Spaceflight: How Do We Assess Fracture Probability in Astronauts?
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Will Astronauts Wash Clothes on the Way to Mars?
Future human space exploration missions will lengthen to years, and keeping crews clothed without a huge resupply burden is an important consideration for habitation systems. A space laundry system could be the solution; however, the resources it uses must be accounted for and must win out over the reliable practice of simply bringing along enough spare underwear. NASA has conducted trade-off studies through its Logistics Reduction Project to compare current space clothing systems, life extension of that clothing, traditional water-based clothes washing, and other sanitizing techniques. The best clothing system depends on the mission and assumptions but, in general, analysis results indicate that washing clothes on space missions will start to pay off as mission durations approach a year.
Solving Problems Caused by Small Micrometeoroid and Orbital Debris Impacts for Space-Walking Astronauts
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Immune Dysregulation Persists During Spaceflight: Case Study of an ISS Astronaut
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Menstrual Cycle Control in Female Astronauts and the Associated Risk of Venous Thromboembolism
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The Digital Astronaut Project Bone Remodeling Model
One of the main objectives is to provide a tool to help HHC address Bone Gap Osteo 4: We don't know the contribution of each risk factor on bone loss and recovery of bone strength and which factors are the best targets for countermeasure application; and Osteo7: We need to identify options for mitigation of early onset osteoporosis before, during, and after spaceflight.
The Digital Astronaut Project (DAP) Applying Computational Models and Simulations to Inform Life Science Research
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The Visual Impairment Intracranial Pressure Syndrome in Long Duration NASA Astronauts: An Integrated Approach
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Practical Considerations for the Care of Female Astronauts on the International Space Station
Women have been and will continue to be active participants in spaceflight. Practical considerations specific to women's health need to be further refined and emphasized.
Weaving Together Space Biology and the Human Research Program: Selecting Crops and Manipulating Plant Physiology to Produce High Quality Food for ISS Astronauts
Researchers from the Human Research Program (HRP) have teamed up with plant biologists at KSC to explore the potential for plant growth and food production on the international space station (ISS) and future exploration missions. KSC Space Biology (SB) brings a history of plant and plant-microbial interaction research for station and for future bioregenerative life support systems. JSC HRP brings expertise in Advanced Food Technology (AFT), Advanced Environmental Health (AEH), and Behavioral Health and Performance (BHP). The Veggie plant growth hardware on the ISS is the platform that first drove these interactions. As we prepared for the VEG-01 validation test of Veggie, we engaged with BHP to explore questions that could be asked of the crew that would contribute both to plant and to behavioral health research. AFT, AEH and BHP stakeholders were engaged immediately after the return of the Veggie flight samples of space-grown lettuce, and this team worked with the JSC human medical offices to gain approvals for crew consumption of the lettuce on ISS. As we progressed with Veggie testing we began performing crop selection studies for Veggie that were initiated through AFT. These studies consisted of testing and down selecting leafy greens, dwarf tomatoes, and dwarf pepper crops based on characteristics of plant growth and nutritional levels evaluated at KSC, and organoleptic quality evaluated at JSCs Sensory Analysis lab. This work has led to a successful collaborative proposal to the International Life Sciences Research Announcement for a jointly funded HRP-SB investigation of the impacts of light quality and fertilizer on salad crop productivity, nutrition, and flavor in Veggie on the ISS. With this work, and potentially with other pending joint projects, we will continue the synergistic research that will advance the space biology knowledge base, help close gaps in the human research roadmap, and enable humans to venture out to Mars and beyond.
Access to Archived Astronaut Data for Human Research Program Researchers: Update on Progress and Process Improvements
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