FORT WORTH: Several Human Research Program investigations are being conducted aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of NASA’s One-Year Mission (1YM) to learn more about how the human body responds to stress in a long-duration, low-gravity environment.
Stress impacts everyone. It can impact a person’s ability to perform physical tasks, affect mood, sleep and concentration. Astronauts face unique stresses when they are isolated for long periods of time while conducting critical jobs under tight deadlines. They are exposed to microgravity, radiation, unusual light-dark cycles, higher levels of CO2, nutritional changes and constant noise to name a few…