space health research

Two astronauts floating in space with the Earth behind them
By  Jessica Hagen 02:13 pm August 19, 2024
The International Space Station National Laboratory (ISS National Lab) and NASA announced a new solicitation, the National Lab Research Announcement (NLRA), which will offer up to $4 million spread out over two to three awards for projects that leverage the space environment and technology to develop therapies for diseases on Earth. The joint solicitation focuses on projects that provide enhanced...
Inspiration4’s civilian crew
By  Emily Olsen 02:24 pm August 31, 2021
Inspiration4, an all-civilian commercial space mission that aims to launch in mid-September, will be conducting a variety of experiments to test the impact of spaceflight on the body. SpaceX, the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine and researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine will collect environmental and biomedical data, as well as biological...