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Project Apollo in the late 1960s to early 1970s began the use of using medicine bags, which came with commonly-used drugs for motion sickness and pain relief in oral form (tablets and capsules) as well as a nasal spray. [3] The Mercury Project was one of the first space expeditions to take medicine delivery to outer space.
Space medicine was a critical factor in the United States human space program, starting with Project Mercury. [18] The main precaution taken by Mercury astronauts to defend against high G environments like launch and reentry was a couch with seat belts to make sure astronauts were not forcibly moved from their position.
The Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA) is the largest professional organization in the fields of aviation, space, and environmental medicine. The AsMA membership includes aerospace and hyperbaric medical specialists, scientists, flight nurses , physiologists , and researchers from all over the world.
The journal was first published, under the title Journal of Aviation Medicine [3] in 1930. In 1959 the title changed to Aerospace Medicine, [4] was renamed Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine in 1975, [5] and acquired its current name in 2015. It is often referred to as "the blue journal" by its subscribers.
TRISH was founded in 2016, [3] and Baylor College of Medicine was selected as the lead institution in an agreement with a maximum potential value of $246 million for a six-year performance period. [6] TRISH succeeded the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI), a similar research institute also led by Baylor College of Medicine. [7]
The International Space Station is a platform for scientific research that requires one or more of the unusual conditions present in low Earth orbit (for example microgravity, -radiation and extreme temperatures). The primary fields of research include human research, space medicine, life sciences, physical sciences, astronomy and meteorology.
The Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets is a bi-monthly (six issues per year) peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Space medicine is a developing medical practice that studies the health of astronauts living in outer space. The main purpose of this academic pursuit is to discover how well and for how long people can survive the extreme conditions in space, and how fast they can re-adapt to the Earth's environment after returning from space.