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SMF-T-0013 · draft

Behavioral Health & Performance in Isolation and Confinement

Psychological, sleep and team-dynamics effects of long periods in small, isolated and confined crews.

Isolation & ConfinementDistance from EarthBehavioral Health & Sleep

SMF-T-0011 · draft

Orthostatic Intolerance on Landing

Difficulty maintaining blood pressure when upright after return to gravity, causing lightheadedness or presyncope.

Gravity FieldsCardiovascular

SMF-T-0009 · draft

Spaceflight Bone Loss

Unloading in microgravity drives loss of bone mineral, particularly at weight-bearing sites, with incomplete recovery after return.

Gravity FieldsMusculoskeletalRenal & GU

SMF-T-0006 · draft

Spaceflight-Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome (SANS)

Optic disc edema, globe flattening, choroidal folds and hyperopic shifts observed in long-duration astronauts.

Gravity FieldsHostile/Closed EnvironmentNeuro-ophthalmicNeurological & Cognitive

SMF-T-0007 · draft

Space Motion Sickness & Space Adaptation Syndrome

Nausea, malaise and vomiting in the first days of weightlessness as the vestibular system adapts.

Gravity FieldsVestibular & SensorimotorGI & Nutrition

SMF-T-0002 · draft

Space Radiation Environment & Biological Effects

Beyond low Earth orbit, crews are exposed to galactic cosmic rays and solar particle events that are difficult to shield and raise long-term health concerns.

RadiationOncologyNeurological & Cognitive

Clinical articles (6)

SMF-C-0012 · protocol · draft

Behavioral health monitoring

What psychological problems have occurred in spaceflight, how agencies select, train, monitor and support crews, what isolation analogs teach us, and how to help with reintegration after return.

◆◆◇◇ Low · F A E

SMF-C-0002 · protocol · draft

SFP screening

How to approach a patient who wants to fly as a paying passenger: what the FAA does and does not require, what published guidance recommends, and which conditions deserve a closer look.

◆◆◇◇ Low · E A F

SMF-C-0015 · guide · draft

Postflight recovery & surveillance

A timeline of what to expect after landing — day 0 to day 45 and beyond — what NASA measures and when, which problems can persist for months or years, and how lifelong occupational surveillance works.

◆◆◆◇ Moderate · F E

SMF-C-0000 · guide · draft

Clinician quick-start

A one-page orientation for GPs, emergency physicians, nurses and flight/aviation doctors: what to ask, what to check, the red flags, and where to find the details — before and after spaceflight.

◆◆◆◇ Moderate · E F

SMF-C-0003 · countermeasure · draft

Radiation limits & monitoring

NASA's radiation limits in plain clinical terms, how crew dose is monitored, what shielding can and cannot do, and what it means for a patient's lifetime cancer screening.

◆◆◆◇ Moderate · E C F M

SMF-C-0007 · protocol · draft

Space motion sickness

Who gets space motion sickness, how it is graded, why promethazine is NASA's treatment of choice, what else is used, and how to manage the same symptoms after landing.

◆◆◆◇ Moderate · F E