Domestic Bedrest Studies

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Human Research Program (HRP) is requesting information on head-down tilt bedrest research capabilities in the United States. The goal of the HRP is to provide human health and performance countermeasures, knowledge, technologies, and tools to enable safe, reliable, and productive human space exploration. The HRP is interested in enabling additional bedrest research facility capabilities in the U.S. to support upcoming research pivotal to expanding spaceflight travel and operations outside low Earth orbit. Some key points to consider include: • Recommendations for general approaches to bedrest research • Recommendations for effective research participant recruiting and screening processes • Recommendations regarding the trades between number of participants in a study and corresponding resources • Recommendations regarding implementation of unique equipment, tests, operational contexts • Recommendations for improving efficiencies for long-duration head-down tilt research studies