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Human Research Program

HRP uses research to develop methods to protect the health and performance of astronauts in space. With the goal of traveling to Mars and beyond, HRP is using ground research facilities, the International Space Station, and analog environments to enable cutting-edge science.

Research Opportunities

Learn how you can work with NASA's Human Research Program to protect the next generation of space explorers.

Submit a Research Proposal

Explore NASA's official system for receiving, evaluating, and selecting proposals. Then, submit your research ideas!

Internships

Learn how to work with NASA as an intern.

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HRP's Research Strategy

Our integrated research plan describes a broad portfolio of HRP's science and technology tasks. It also serves as the strategic and tactical plan to accomplish HRP's goals.

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The Human Body in Space

For more than 50 years, NASA’s Human Research Program (HRP) has studied what happens to the human body in space. Researchers…

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Browse videos explaining the science of NASA’s Human Research Program (HRP).

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HRP Leadership

David K. Baumann, Director

Baumann oversees HRP, a program responsible for ensuring the health and performance of crew members aboard spaceflight exploration missions. He previously served as the chief health and performance officer for the Human Landing System Program.

Karen D. Pickering

Karen D. Pickering, Deputy Director

Pickering supports the strategic management of HRP, aligning science goals with NASA objectives. She also facilitates relationships with internal and external partners.

Charles W. Lloyd, Associate Director for Strategic Planning and Oversight

Lloyd helps set the direction of future HRP work. He also represents HRP in broader agency conversations about operations and research investments needed for future human spaceflight.

Steven Platts

Steven H. Platts, Chief Scientist

Platts guides scientific content for HRP. As the program’s chief scientist, he ensures scientific integrity, ethics, and quality.

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Kristin Fabre, Deputy Chief Scientist

Fabre works with HRP leadership, managers, and scientists to set research strategies and ensure a robust scientific portfolio that mitigates human spaceflight hazards.

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Jancy C. McPhee, Associate Chief Scientist

McPhee helps build science strategies and implement research goals, coordinating with government, international, and commercial partners across various physiological disciplines, space missions, and Earth-based simulations of life in space.

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Baraquiel Reyna, Manager of the Maturation and Integration Office

Reyna infuses research into NASA’s operational programs to ensure that research goals set now develop into research actions in the future.