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

Terrestrische AstronautInnen für NASA-Bettruhestudie ab Herbst 2024 gesucht!
Bed rest studies for space research
Just lie down for a while – bed rest studies for space research

+++ UPDATE 17 September 2024: Application phase for Campaign 2 (spring 2025) closed due to great interest: Applications for further campaigns will be published here +++

  • Beginning in autumn 2024, the SMC 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 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