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18 articles tagged · 1 topic · 7 clinical · 1 equipment · 9 research
Clinical articles (7)
Behavioral health monitoring
What psychological problems have occurred in spaceflight, how agencies select, train, monitor and support crews, what isolation analogs teach us, and how to help with reintegration after return.
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SMF-C-0002 · protocol · draftSFP screening
How to approach a patient who wants to fly as a paying passenger: what the FAA does and does not require, what published guidance recommends, and which conditions deserve a closer look.
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SMF-C-0010 · topic · draftEmergencies & evacuation
What medical care is actually available on a spacecraft, who provides it, how evacuation works from orbit, and why the model changes completely for lunar and Mars missions.
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SMF-C-0009 · topic · draftSpace pharmacy & drug stability
What astronauts actually take, whether drugs still work in space, what happens to medications stored for months to years, and how to plan a formulary for missions far from resupply.
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SMF-C-0001 · standard · draftMedical standards overview
What NASA's crew health standard actually requires, how astronauts are medically selected and recertified, and what that means for a clinician who sees space travelers.
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SMF-C-0011 · topic · draftPOCUS in space
How ultrasound became the main imaging tool in space — remote-guided FAST, echo, eye and kidney scans, and routine screening of the jugular veins for thrombosis — and what that means for clinicians on the ground.
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SMF-C-0000 · guide · draftClinician quick-start
A one-page orientation for GPs, emergency physicians, nurses and flight/aviation doctors: what to ask, what to check, the red flags, and where to find the details — before and after spaceflight.
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Equipment guides (1)
Research pages (9)
How evidence works
Why space medicine evidence is thin, what analogs and models can and can't tell us, how NASA rates risk, and how to read SMF's certainty grades.
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RES-01 · atlas · draftRisk & Gap Atlas
One plain-language page for each of NASA's 21 active human-system risks, grouped by hazard, with current ratings, knowledge gaps and research.
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RES-03 · analogs · draftEarth analogs
Bed rest, Antarctica, HI-SEAS, NEEMO, Mars-500, HERA, CHAPEA and parabolic flight. What each models well, and what it misses.
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RSK-03 · NASA risk · draftTeam performance
Small crews must cooperate under stress and, far from Earth, with long communication delays. Conflict and coordination problems are well documented in flight and in analogs.
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RSK-05 · NASA risk · draftMedical conditions in flight
Illness and injury will happen on long missions. Far from Earth, the crew must handle them with limited supplies and no quick evacuation.
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RES-05 · open questions · draftOpen questions
The biggest unknowns, in plain language, each linked to NASA's official knowledge gaps and the matching Risk & Gap Atlas page.
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RSK-06 · NASA risk · draftMedications
Medicines must work and stay safe for years without resupply. Shelf life in space, and how the body handles drugs there, are not fully known.
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RSK-07 · NASA risk · draftFood & nutrition
Nutrition needs in flight are fairly well understood. What isn't solved is a safe, appetizing food supply that keeps its nutrients for five years.
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RSK-08 · NASA risk · draftEarth-independent operations
Far from Earth, a small crew must handle problems without real-time help from Mission Control. Vehicle, software, training and task design have to support that.
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