Each space mission is a defined part of an astronaut's lifetime. The practice of space
medicine, however, involves timeframes and matters much broader than the actual flights …

The advent of human space flight has brought about the need for physicians to remotely
monitor space crews for signs of mission—impacting medical problems. Some of these early …

Providing adequate medical care for spaceflight crews requires that appropriate diagnostic
tools and treatment modalities be available to them throughout their mission. The challenge …

Our ability to deliver adequate and necessary healthcare during human space flight is a vital
component of getting to space, living and working in space, and coming home safely. There …

Advances over the past decades in space flight technology have allowed US, Russian, and
other space programs to not only increase the frequency of manned space flights but also to …

This viewgraph presentation reviews issues of health care in space. Some of the issues
reviewed are:(1) Physiological adaptation to microgravity, partial gravity,(2) Medical events …

The process of investigating spacecraft accidents rests on the lessons of more than 60 years
of aircraft crash investigation. There was little need for such skills in the early years of US …

After more than 50 years of human spaceflight operations, the US and Russian spaceflight
programs now have sufficient experience to identify the most common medical problems that …

Recent events, including the development of space tourism and commercial spaceflight,
have increased the need for specialists in space medicine. With increased duration of …

This chapter is intended as an overview of the basic body of information required of the
space medicine practitioner to understand the adaptive and operational environment of …