This NASA Technical Standard provides medical requirements and clinical procedures designed to ensure crew health and safety and occupational longevity of NASA career astronauts. This NASA Technical Standard used for selection and annual recertification of astronauts reflects the medical requirements to successfully complete specific mission tasks and the multifaceted training and performance required of a NASA astronaut. These include, but are not limited to, flying in high performance aircraft, exposure to hypobaric and hyperbaric conditions, exposure to unique environments (e.g., microgravity), and conducting specialized operations (e.g., extra-vehicular activities, robotic arm operations). NASA policy for establishing standards to protect the health and safety of crew and for providing health and medical programs for astronauts during all phases of space flight is authorized by NPD 1000.3 - The NASA Organization, and by NPD 8900.5B - NASA Health and Medical Policy for Human Space Exploration. This document includes medical evaluations for private astronauts and NASA Suborbital Research Specialist (NSRS). Private astronauts are defined as a crew member who is not a NASA career (U.S. government) astronaut or international partner astronaut. NASA Suborbital Research Specialist is an individual who is employed by NASA or funded by NASA to conduct research, technology testing, training, or other activities onboard a sub-orbital vehicle. This excludes those individuals who are the commercially employed crew of the suborbital vehicle. This NASA Technical Standard also provides mission specific medical evaluations which include both clinical and occupational requirements that may be tailored for future missions.


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    Title :

    NASA Spaceflight Medical Selection, Recertification and Mission Evaluation Standards


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    Publication date :

    2024


    Size :

    96 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English







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