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Technical and Medical Briefs are available for standards that offer technical data, background, and application notes for vehicle developers and medical professionals. These tech briefs integrate content from multiple standards and provide a quick, informative resource to reference when working with NASA-STD-3001. Browse to view all technical briefs or explore by category to the right.

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Fundamentals of Human Health During Space Flight

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Medical Operations & Clinical Care

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Three NASA engineers conduct habitability testing inside a mockup of a Gateway space station module.

Vehicle Systems, Interfaces, Structure & Environmental Design

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Safety, History, Contingency, & Mishaps

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Venous Thrombosis in Spaceflight

This technical brief describes the theories of causes, symptoms, and treatments of VTE in spaceflight.

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S91-44453 (21 Aug 1991) — The crew of STS-45 is already training for its March 1992 mission, including stints on the KC-135 zero-gravity-simulating aircraft. Shown with an inflatable globe are, clockwise from the top, C. Michael Foale, mission specialist; Dirk Frimout, payload specialist; Brian Duffy, pilot; Charles R. (Rick) Chappell, backup payload specialist; Charles F. Bolden, mission commander; Byron K. Lichtenberg, payload specialist; and Kathryn D. Sullivan, payload commander.

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Acoustics

Anthropometrics and Crew Physical Characteristics

Apollo Lunar Lander

Artemis Lighting

Automated and Robotic Systems

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Behavioral Health and Performance

Behavioral Health Mishaps

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Bone Loss

Cabin Architecture

Carbon Dioxide 

Cognitive Workload

Crew Selection and Recertification

Crew Survivability

Decompression and LEA Suit Mishaps

Decompression Sickness (DCS) Risk Mitigation

Design for Maintainability

Electrical Shock

Entry Landing Mishaps

Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS)

EVA Mishaps

Exercise Overview

Extraterrestrial Surface Transport Vehicles (Rovers)

Fire Protection

Food and Nutrition

Habitable Atmosphere

Health Stabilization Program

Heliobacter pylori Overview and Treatment Guidance

Human-in-the-Loop (HITL)

Lighting Design

Longitudinal Health Surveillance

Lunar Dust

Medical Operations

Microbiology in Space Overview

Mission Duration

Mortality Related to Human Spaceflight

Non-Ionizing Radiation

Occupant Protection

Orthostatic Intolerance

Pharmaceuticals and Medications

Radiation Protection

Sensorimotor

Shoulder Injury Overview and Treatment Guidance

Sleep Accommodations 

Space Adaptation Sickness (SAS)

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Spaceflight Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome (SANS)

Spaceflight Experience & Medical Care

Spaceflight Toxicology

Spacesuits

Suited Carbon Dioxide

Thermostat

Touch Temperature

Urinary Health

Usability, Workload, Error

Vehicle Hatches

Venous Thrombosis in Spaceflight

Waivered Health Conditions

Waste Management

Water

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