Longitudinal Study of Astronaut Health (LSAH)
The Longitudinal Study of Astronaut Health (LSAH) is an ongoing NASA designed research protocol which began in 1992 to examine the long-term physiological effects of space flight on astronauts. The primary aim of LSAH is to investigate and describe the incidence of acute and chronic morbidity and mortality of astronauts and to determine whether the unique occupational exposures encountered by astronauts are associated with increased risks of either total or cause-specific morbidity or mortality. The primary focus of the study is the men and women who have been selected as NASA astronauts since the space program began in 1959. All active NASA astronauts participate in the study and are followed from selection throughout their lifetime or until the end of the study. The study also collects health and medical data from a ground-based comparison group of Johnson Space Center (JSC) employees matched to the astronauts at a 3:1 ratio by sex, age, and body mass index (BMI). They are followed in the same manner as astronauts. Medical data collected from this study are stored and maintained in the LSAH electronic medical record database. LSAH newsletters are published semiannually with the intent to keep participants informed and up to date on the study's findings. Click on the link below to view all LSAH newsletters published to date.
Isolation: NASA Experiments in Closed-Environment Living
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The primary goal of the Lunar-Mars Life Support Test Project (LMLSTP), conducted from 1995 through 1997 at the NASA Johnson Space Center, was to test an integrated,
closed-loop system that employed biological and physicochemical techniques for water recycling, waste processing, and air revitalization for human habitation.
As an analogue environment for long-duration missions, the conditions of isolation and confinement enabled studies of human factors, medical sciences
(both physiology and psychology), and crew training. The results of these studies provide a wealth of important data not just for Space Shuttle and ISS missions into space,
but also for other populations who experience similar conditions – Arctic and Antarctic expeditioners, submariners and crews of other submersibles, and other ground-based test beds.
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