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Spaceflight is hard on the heart, yet artificial ones grow better in space than on Earth 🛰️🫀
#spacebiomanufacturing #microgravity
The human heart shrivels away in space, but researchers have found that mini-hearts grown from human stem cells sprout in space significantly faster than in labs on Earth.
#microgravity #organoids #stemcells
space.com/space-exploration/…
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Working through the National Day holiday, the #ShenzhouXXIII crew aboard @CNSpaceStation is keeping science and station operations on track. 🇨🇳🚀
Take a peek at life in orbit! [📹/CMS]
Airborne Diseases Changing Paradigm 🦠
What’s the next great leap in our fight against infectious disease?The paradigm has shifted, and old certainties have crumbled.
#globalhealth #pandemic #infectiousdiseases
The New Paradigm of Airborne Disease
—The COVID-19 pandemic shattered established views of airborne disease. Although it represents a paradigm shift in public health, the field has yet to catch up.
#airbornediseases #COVID19 #publichealth
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) withdrew the publication of studies that tracked the safety of the COVID-19 and shingles vaccines.
#pandemic #evidencebased
NEW: The FDA has blocked the publication of studies that tracked the safety of the COVID-19 and shingles vaccines. abcnews.link/r3NGVK9
ARCHeR - an Artemis wellness study. 🌖🧑🚀
Data will be collected using actigraphy and behavioral performance surveys before and after the mission. Actigraphy data will also be collected during the mission.
ARCHeR ⌚️
This study measured astronauts’ well-being, activity, sleep patterns, and interactions during the Artemis campaign that returned astronauts to deep space and the Moon for the first time in over 50 years.
#astronauthealth #ARCHER
nasa.gov/reference/archer/
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Space CPR Analogs ✈️🫀
✓ To help prepare humans for safe long-duration space travel, a research team based at Concordia has developed a new high-fidelity simulator that models how blood flows (hemodynamics) in reduced gravity environments.
#spacemedicine #parabolicflight
Modeling CPR in Space.💫🫀
A model based around a modified mannequin equipped with a 3D-printed cardiovascular system, including a heart, heart valves, artificial vessels and fluid-filled loop that mimics blood flow.
#CPR #microgravity #spacemedicine
phys.org/news/2026-05-cpr-si…
🛬 The NTSB has released its preliminary report on the September 6 runway overrun involving 21 Air Flight 7598 at Miami International Airport. The investigation remains ongoing.
#SmartFlight #AviationSafety #HumanFactors
NTSB issues the preliminary report for its ongoing investigation of the Sept. 6 runway overrun of 21 Air flight 7598 at Miami International Airport. ntsb.gov/investigations/Docu…
ALT NTSB aerial imagery superimposed on a satellite view of the area of the runway excursion.
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Flydubai pilot investigated over possible crash attempt.
—A Flydubai flight was diverted after an incident on board, with a reported cockpit fight, including a possible stabbing and attempt to crash the plane.
#AvSec via @DeutscheWelle
dw.com/en/flydubai-pilot-inv…
U.S. Senate Passes Aviation Mental Health Legislation.
•Mental Health in Aviation Act and Aviation Medication Transparency Act viewed as ‘long-needed reform.’
#mentalhealth #policy #regulation
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed two bipartisan bills that aim to address stigmas around mental health in aviation and clarify what medications pilots can take.
#mentalhealth #legislation #FAA #aeromedicalcertification
flyingmag.com/senate-passes-…
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FAA Announces Key Demonstrations with the First Remotely-Piloted Hybrid-Electric Flight for Cargo Shipment.
U.S. Department of Transportation work to safely integrate Advanced Air Mobility aircraft into the National Airspace System.
#Aerospacehumanfactors
faa.gov/newsroom/faa-announc…
NASA invites the research community to provide input to improve how it monitors and manages astronauts’ core body temperature during a mission.
Call for Researchers 🚨📣
Help NASA Find Practical Ways to Monitor Astronaut Body Temperature in Low Earth Orbit. 🛰️
#coretemperature #standarmeasures #bodytemperature
nasa.gov/help-nasa-find-prac…
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Researchers: Help NASA Prevent and Treat Blood Clot Formation in Space.👨🚀
—NASA is seeking novel practices to monitor, prevent, or treat blood clots (known as venous thrombosis) that may form in space.
#spacemedicine #VTE #appliedresearch
nasa.gov/researchers-help-na…
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NASA Working Group 👨🚀
—Risks of Decompression Sickness and Venous Thromboembolism during Spaceflight and Patent Foramen Ovale Implications.
#SpaceMedicine via @SmartFlightInfo
🚀 How much do we really know about EVA decompression risk?
• NASA working group examined DCS, VTE, venous gas emboli, and PFO implications for Artemis and lunar operations. Findings challenge some assumptions—and highlight new questions.
nasa.gov/organizations/ochmo…
#SpaceMedicine
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Remote medicine means PoCUS!🔊
Advandced ultrasound suite captures, processes and transmits ultrasound images from LEO.
#spacemedicine #ultrasound
NASA astronauts joined Roscosmos cosmonauts for regularly scheduled vein scans with the #Ultrasound3 biomedical device.
•ISS Commander Meir acted as crew medical officer and operated the #Ultrasound3 with real time assistance from doctors on the ground.
nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/…
Spatial Orientation Research
•Human goal-directed navigation behavior arise from the continuous and dynamic interactions of spatial uncertainties in perception, cognition, and action.
#spatialorientation
Human navigation strategies and their errors result from dynamic interactions of spatial uncertainties.
#aerospacehumanfactors #spatialorientation
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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🌎🚀 Welcome home, Crew-12!
After ~8 months aboard @Space_Station, Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot, and Andrey Fedyaev have safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off California. 🌊
Congratulations, Crew-12—and welcome back to Earth! 🛰️💙
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✈️Why does spatial disorientation contribute to general aviation accidents?
Join us Oct. 22 at noon EST with FAA research psychologist Hannah Baumgartner, Ph.D., to explore this critical safety challenge.
Register: forms.gle/Sz8w6n6J1EfHbQ3r8
#aerospacehumanfactors
🚀 How much do we really know about EVA decompression risk?
• NASA working group examined DCS, VTE, venous gas emboli, and PFO implications for Artemis and lunar operations. Findings challenge some assumptions—and highlight new questions.
nasa.gov/organizations/ochmo…
#SpaceMedicine