C o S M O S Medicine - Commercial Spaceflight Medical Operations & Services

08/30/2022

SOUTH FLORIDASPACE DAY Planting the Space Flagin South Florida WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER 12TH9 AM - 5 PM ESTAlan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation3100 Ray Ferrero Junior Boulevard5th FloorFort Lauderdale, FL 33314 Register EXPERIENCEKeynote SpeakersPanelsSeminarsEntrepreneur ShowcaseBusiness ExpoN...

08/22/2022

08/04/2022

Commercial companies (big and small) will be a fundamental part of space exploration and exploitation in the future.

08/04/2022

The crew of Blue Origin have been certified as ready to fly to space by CrewMember 7 Sarah Knights. Launch window opens tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. CDT / 13:30 UTC.

07/26/2022

Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company at the forefront of creating and building the future of space transportation and infrastructure for low-Earth orbit (LEO) commercialization, announced today the formation of a National Security Advisory Group.

The council will conduct independent assessments of existing and emerging threats, monitor technology trends and advise on potential national security solutions.

Its goals are to ensure the safety and security of the commercial space infrastructure, preserve the freedom of space and protect the United States’ ability to operate effectively in space.

LOUISVILLE, Colo. – July 26, 2022 – Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company at the forefront of creating and building the future of space transportation and infrastructure for low-Earth orbit (LEO) commercialization, announced today the formation of a National Security Advisory Group. T...

07/23/2022

The astronauts are partnering with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital to raise millions as they prepare for the mission to reach the highest earth orbit ever flown.

The astronauts are partnering with St. Jude Children's Hospital to raise millions as they prepare for the mission to reach the highest earth orbit ever flown.

07/21/2022

New cohort opportunity for underrepresented researchers interested in space health!

Are you an early career investigator or postdoc whose research might apply to human health and performance challenges in space?

Apply here: https://bit.ly/3clpKpk

07/18/2022

The conference linked how the things astronauts experience in space could help people back home living with neurological conditions.

“We’ve learned with astronauts on long-duration space flight that they have developed a disorder that also looks as though it’s causing the spinal fluid pressure to be increased,” Dr. Michael A. Williams, the director of Adult and Transitional Hydrocephalus and CSF disorders at UW Medicine, said.

Hydrocephalus could happen to anyone at any time due to a brain injury, tumor, infection or for unknown reasons as part of the aging process, according to a release. According to a release, one in every 770 babies will develop hydrocephalus.

The conference linked how the things astronauts experience in space could help people back home living with neurological conditions.

07/08/2022

In the absence of effective countermeasures, prolonged spaceflight can result in many of the same physiological changes associated with aging—bone loss, muscle deterioration, and altered immune system function—only at a much quicker rate.

This makes the microgravity environment of the International Space Station National Laboratory (ISS) a valuable platform for research on conditions associated with the aging process.

Two investigations launching on SpaceX’s 25th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission will use tissue chips in space to study age-related conditions to benefit people back on the ground. Researchers from the University of Florida will examine muscle loss, and a research team from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) will study immune system aging.

Funded by the National Institute of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), these investigations aim to benefit life here on Earth.