Dynamic Modeling of Crew Performance for Long-Duration Space Missions

Dynamic Modeling of Crew Performance for Long-Duration Space Missions

Activity Planning for Long Duration Space Missions

For long duration, manned exploration to be cost-effective, it is necessary to automate routine manual operations. To enable such automated control, activity plans must coordinate the activities of the crew with other automated “agents” including robots, life support systems, and vehicle systems. An important challenge is assisting the crew in using automated planning software to construct and ...

Crew fatigue during simulated, long duration B-1B bomber missions.

Crew fatigue associated with successive and unaugmented 36 h missions was evaluated in B-1B simulators. Data were obtained from 32 operationally qualified crewmembers. All crew-members completed three consecutive, long duration missions, each preceded by 33 to 35 h of crew rest. Oral temperature, salivary melatonin and cortisol, as well as actigraph and subjective measures, were collected durin...

Advanced Water Recovery Technologies for Long Duration Space Exploration Missions

Extended-duration space travel and habitation require recovering water from wastewater generated in spacecrafts and extraterrestrial outposts since the largest consumable for human life support is water. Many wastewater treatment technologies used for terrestrial applications are adoptable to extraterrestrial situations but challenges remain as constraints of space flights and habitation impose...

The clinical chemistry and immunology of long-duration space missions.

Clinical laboratory diagnostic capabilities are needed to guide health and medical care of astronauts during long-duration space missions. Clinical laboratory diagnostics, as defined for medical care on Earth, offers a model for space capabilities. Interpretation of laboratory results for health and medical care of humans in space requires knowledge of specific physiological adaptations that oc...