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Terrestrial astronauts wanted for NASA bed rest study from autumn 2024!
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Terrestrial astronauts wanted for NASA bed rest study from autumn 2024!
Terrestrial astronauts wanted for NASA bed rest study from autumn 2024!
+++ UPDATE 25 April 2024: Application phase for Campaign 1 closed due to great interest: Applications for Campaign 2 (April - July 2025) now open+++
- Beginning in autumn 2024, the upcoming study in collaboration with NASA aims to explore the factors contributing to astronauts' coordination issues following missions in space and potential mitigation strategies.
- Twelve participants will spend 88 days at DLR's :envihab in Cologne, of which 60 days will be spent lying in bed.
- Mimicking the shift of fluids that the human body experiences in space, participants will maintain a head-down tilt of six degrees relative to their legs.
- Focus: Spaceflight, space medicine
Sensorimotor impairment after space missions – a study of possible countermeasures
(Sensorimotor Countermeasures Study – SMC)
For this study, we are looking for German speaking persons only. Please check our German website for further information. Thank you!
- Campaign 1: early September 2024 to early December 2024
- Campaign 2: expected to run from April 2025 to July 2025
Contact
Study Team
German Aerospace Center
Institute of Aerospace Medicine
Linder Höhe, 51147 Cologne