What Are the Dangers of Going to Space? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 55
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) What are the dangers of going to space? For human spaceflight, the first thing...
Category : Human Research Program
NASA Funds Studies to Support Crew Performance on Long-Duration Missions
The crew of the Human Exploration Research Analog’s Campaign 7 Mission 1 clasp hands above their simulated space habitat’s elevator shaft. Credit: NASA NASA is...
NASA-Funded Research Institute Selects New Class of Space Health Fellows
Earth as viewed from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA The NASA-funded Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) announced its selections for the institute’s...
NASA Selects Crew for Next Simulated Mars Mission
NASA selected a crew of four for the agency’s next Human Exploration Research Analog mission, a simulated mission to Mars. From left are Abhishek Bhagat,...
Counteracting Bone and Muscle Loss in Microgravity
In microgravity, without the continuous load of Earth’s gravity, the tissues that make up bones reshape themselves. Bone cells readjust their behaviors—the cells that build...
NASA Funds Eight Studies to Protect Astronaut Health on Long Missions
NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli works on microbe samples aboard the International Space Station. Studies newly funded by NASA’s Human Research Program aim to assess how...
