Researching and preparing for the complexities and hazards of space exploration calls for significant resources. Under ideal circumstances, the scientific…
Space & Health News – August 2019 – Law and Order
WELCOME TO SPACE & HEALTH NEWS, our monthly briefing of opportunities and advances in deep space medicine and space healthcare. In this…
What is the Spaceflight-Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome (SANS)?
Here on Earth, if you google ‘SANS’, the first link that comes up is SANS.org, an organization dedicated to information…
Space & Health News – July 2019: Sleep as Critical Health Factor in Space Exploration
The World Sleep Day is held the Friday before the spring equinox of each year, and this year that happened…
House Moves Bureau of Space Commerce One Step Closer to Reality
Find out about Rep. Brian Babin’s amendment to the FY2020 Commerce-Justice-Science bill that would take one step towards creating a…
Space Health News – June 2019: Pants? Check! Goggles? Check! Bike? Check! – We’re Ready for Take-Off!
Over the past nearly 60 years, fewer than 600 people have flown in space. Of these, only a handful have…
A Health Care System for Space Travelers – ISDC2019 Presentation
Like many of the participants at the International Space Development Conference (ISDC2019), I too dreamed of becoming an astronaut when…
Space Health News – May 2019 – Canada at the Forefront of Space Robotics and Medicine
On April 29th, a malfunction in an old power-switching unit on the International Space Station (ISS) led to a major power shortage…
