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Effects of Spaceflight on the Human Body

ATI's Introduction to Human Spaceflight course

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Summary:

    Technical Training Short On Site Course Quote

      This three-day course is designed for engineers, physicists, managers, and related professionals who wish an introduction to the effect of the space environment on humans. This course introduces bioastronautics from a fundamental perspective, assuming no prior knowledge of biology, physiology, or chemistry. The intent of the course is to provide the non-space life scientist, engineer, or manager with the basic knowledge that will allow him or her to contribute more effectively to the human space exploration program. The human body, that through evolution is uniquely designed to function on the Earth's surface, adapts to the space environment as a result of reduced gravity and enhanced radiation. These alterations can impact the health and performance of astronauts, especially on the return to a gravitational environment.

    Instructors:

      Dr. Vince Pisacane is the Robert A. Heinlein professor of aerospace engineering at the United States Naval Academy where he teaches courses in space physiology, space communications, astrodynamics, and spacecraft design. He was previously at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory where he was the head of the Space Department, director of the Institute for Advanced Science and Technology in Medicine, and Assistant Director for Research and Exploratory Development.

      Dr. Lois Wehren was in private practice for 18 years. She completed postdoctoral fellowships in clinical research methods and epidemiology of aging at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Her research interests relate primarily to osteoporosis: pathogenesis of the disease, prevention and treatment strategies, and predictors and consequences of osteoporotic fracture. She has collaborated with researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to examine long-term effects of different types of radiation exposure on development of tumors. This research will provide important evidence pertinent to human space flight risks and possible countermeasures. She has authored numerous papers and lectured internationally to both professional and lay audiences.

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    What You Will Learn:

      You will gain an understanding of the basic functions of the human body and how the body adapts to the space environment. The content is structured around. NASA's Bioastronautics Roadmap which is a risk reduction strategy for human space exploration. With this knowledge you will be able to participate more productively in the human space exploration program.

    Course Outline:

    1. Overview
      • Homeostasis
      • Microgravity Effects
      • Radiation Effects
    2. NASA's Space Exploration Program
      • Mission Scenarios to Moon and Mars
    3. NASA's Bioastronautics Critical Path Roadmap
      • Countermeasure Deficiencies
    4. Analogs of Space Conditions on Earth
      • Head-Down Tilt
      • Hind Limb Suspension, etc
    5. Centrifugation and Space Motion Sickness
      • Ocular-Vestibular System
      • Space Motion Sickness
      • Long-Arm Centrifuge
      • Short-Arm Centrifuge
      • Comfort Analyses
    6. Radiation Effects
      • Radiation Fundamentals
      • Radiation Environment and Models
      • Solar Particle Events
      • Acute and Low Dose Effects
    7. Artificial Atmospheres
      • Atmospheric Constituents
      • Respiratory Fundamentals
      • Effect of Altitude on Respiration
      • Decompression Sickness
      • Hypoxia and Hyperoxia
      • Spacecraft Atmospheres
      • Spacesuit Atmospheres
    8. Cardiopulmonary Alterations
      • Fundamentals of the Cardiopulmonary System
      • Fluid Shifts
      • Effects of Spaceflight
      • Countermeasures
    9. Musculoskeletal Alterations
      • Fundamentals of the Musculoskeletal System
      • Effects of Spaceflight on Muscle
      • Effects of Spaceflight on Bone
      • Countermeasures

    Tuition:

      For dedicated on-site pricing and availability request information HERE.

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