Launch & Ascent

5 articles tagged · 1 topic · 1 clinical · 1 equipment · 2 research

SMF-T-0007 · draft

Space Motion Sickness & Space Adaptation Syndrome

Nausea, malaise and vomiting in the first days of weightlessness as the vestibular system adapts.

Gravity FieldsVestibular & SensorimotorGI & Nutrition

Clinical articles (1)

SMF-C-0002 · protocol · draft

SFP 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.

◆◆◇◇ Low · E A F

Equipment guides (1)

SMF-E-0002 · reference · draft

What medical equipment, drugs and supplies are carried on suborbital flights, short commercial orbital flights, a low Earth orbit station, lunar and Gateway missions, and Mars-class missions, and how distance, duration, drug shelf life and the loss of evacuation change the kit.

◆◆◆◇ Moderate · F C E

Research pages (2)

RSK-13 · NASA risk · draft

Sensorimotor & balance

The brain re-tunes balance and orientation for weightlessness. That causes motion sickness and clumsiness around gravity changes, just when landing and early surface work demand the most.

◆◆◆◇ Moderate · F E

RSK-15 · NASA risk · draft

Launch & landing loads

Launch, landing and abort forces can injure crew, especially deconditioned crew. Today's injury standards are borrowed from car and military testing.

◆◆◇◇ Low · F E