Sentences with phrase «duration spaceflights»
The article is entitled «Cardiovascular Regulation During Long - Duration Spaceflights to the International Space Station.»
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These types of experiments are important to NASA as they prepare for long - duration spaceflights, Ochoa said.
«Cognitive test battery developed to assess impact of long duration spaceflights on astronauts» brain function.»
NASA's interest was in the psychological lessons that might be gleaned from observing people living in cramped quarters in a hostile environment — conditions similar to long - duration spaceflights.
While the research is key to planning for future long - duration spaceflights, such as journeys to Mars or deep space, it also can help understand blood vessel function in older patients or patients with heart failure.
Air - recycling systems that can reliably scrub carbon dioxide and provide enough oxygen for humans during a long - duration spaceflight (the flight to Mars takes nine months).
Carl Ade, assistant professor of exercise physiology, and collaborators partnered with the Johnson Space Center to find that astronauts» exercise capacity decreases between 30 and 50 percent in long - duration spaceflight because the heart and small blood vessels are not as effective at transporting oxygen to the working muscle.
The NASA - funded research appears in the Journal of Applied Physiology in the publication «Decreases in maximal oxygen uptake following long - duration spaceflight: Role of convective and diffusive O2 transport mechanisms.»
Spaceflight — particularly long - duration spaceflight — is about gambling: computing odds and taking risks.
This in - flight data provided the information we needed to determine that immune dysregulation does occur and actually persists during long - duration spaceflight.»
«We'll gain new, detailed insights on the ways long - duration spaceflight affects the human body.»
These findings suggest that long - duration spaceflight has significant effects on cardiovascular function, yet these effects are relatively small.
While seedlings from Plant Gravity Perception will not wind up on astronauts» plates, their studied growth furthers our knowledge of perceptual thresholds and makes selecting appropriate garden greens likely to thrive in space easier for future long duration spaceflight, including exploration missions beyond low - Earth orbit.
If you leave the atmosphere, you're totally exposed to all the cosmic rays, and this is a significant hazard for long - duration spaceflight.
Not exact matches
Expertise in bone demineralization, radiation, and psychological issues of long - duration human spaceflight
One of NASA's goals is to minimize the health risks associated with extended spaceflight, so it is critical that methods for preventing and treating spaceflight - induced illnesses be developed before astronauts embark upon long - duration space missions.
The Project Mercury astronaut data can be of interest to operators of future commercial space flights as the short duration of the Mercury missions is similar to that of planned future tourist spaceflight opportunities.
But the results of two NASA collaborative investigations — Validation of Procedures for Monitoring Crewmember Immune Function (Integrated Immune) and Clinical Nutrition Assessment of ISS Astronauts, SMO - 016E (Clinical Nutrition Assessment)-- recently published in the Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research suggest that spaceflight may temporarily alter the immune system of crew members flying long duration missions aboard the International Space Station.
Jeffrey Kahn, Professor of Bioethics and Public Policy, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and Chairman, Committee on the Ethics Principles and Guidelines for Health Standards for Long Duration and Exploration Spaceflights, Board on Health Sciences Policy, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
Three current and former astronauts, including Scott Kelly who just set a new U.S. record for a long duration (340 days) spaceflight, NASA's Chief Medical Officer, and a medical ethicist, testified.