April 25, 2024

Terrestrial astronauts wanted for NASA bed rest study from autumn 2024!

Bed rest studies for space research
Just lie down for a while – bed rest studies for space research

+++ 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 the new NASA bed rest study, we are once again looking for test subjects (m/f/d) to support space medicine research as terrestrial astronauts (m/f/d) at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Cologne. With this study, we are researching further possibilities for keeping astronauts healthy in the future.

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