Human Spaceflight and Space Medicine Workshop¶

Title: Human Spaceflight Medicine: From Systems Engineering to Physiology and Extravehicular Activity Simulation
Conference Workshop (2 days)
09:00–17:00 (8 hours)

Day 1¶

Opening Session¶

Welcome
Workshop roadmap

Introduction to Human Spaceflight¶

Engineering Humans to Live Beyond Earth
Why human spaceflight is different
Engineering + Medicine as one discipline
Understand the connection between spacecraft engineering and astronaut health
Introduce systems thinking for human spaceflight

Astronaut Selection¶

Selection Criteria (opt-in vs opt-out)
Curriculum Vitae (CV) and letter of motivation
Cognitive requirements
Physical requirements
Psychological requirements
Medical requirements
Selection panel
Case Study

Systems Engineering for Human Spaceflight Missions¶

Why Systems Engineering Matters in Human Spaceflight
What makes human spaceflight uniquely complex
Why failures happen: Apollo 1, Challenger, Columbia
Definition of Systems Engineering
Human spaceflight lifecycle
ISS as a System of Systems
Complexity of crewed spacecraft

Human Experimentation on the ISS¶

Case Study: MXene in Low Earth Orbit
MXene: a new material for space applications

Safety and Reliability Engineering¶

Spacecraft subsystems
Environmental Control & Life Support (ECLSS)
Electrical Power
Thermal Control
Communications
Guidance, Navigation & Control
Structures
Crew Systems
Interfaces between: Humans, Technology, Environment
Exercise: "What happens if thermal control fails but life support continues to operate?"
Discussion: subsystem interdependency, redundancy, fault tolerance

Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS)¶

Human-Centered Engineering
Oxygen generation
Carbon dioxide removal
Water recovery
Waste management
Temperature regulation
Microbial control
Closed-loop vs open-loop systems
ISS ECLSS
Bioregenerative life support concepts
Mars mission challenges
Key Insight: Life support is not a single device—it is a network of interacting systems.

Team Challenge Workshop¶

Design a Mars Habitat Survival System
Teams design a survival system for a 4-person Mars habitat operating for 30 days.

Requirements:

Mission objective
Critical requirements
Key subsystems
Interfaces
Failure risks:

Constraints:

4 crew members
30-day mission
Limited mass
Limited power
Limited resupply

Must support:

breathing
water
temperature
waste management

Learning outcomes:

Requirements engineering
Trade-offs
Reliability engineering
Risk analysis
Human factors
Systems thinking

Introduction to Human Spaceflight Medicine¶

From Gagarin to Mars Missions
History of space medicine
ESA medical operations
ISS healthcare
Medical challenges of exploration
Lunar and Martian healthcare
Evolution of space medicine
Mission medical constraints
Future healthcare in space

Space Physiology Problems and Challenges¶

Human physiology in space
Microgravity effects on the human body
Spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS)
Radiation effects on the human body
Spaceflight-induced immune system dysregulation
Space sickness and motion sickness
Visual Impairment Intracranial Pressure (VIIP) Syndrome

How Microgravity Changes the Human Body¶

Cardiovascular adaptations
Bone density loss
Muscle atrophy
Neurovestibular changes
Immune system changes
Astronaut medical case studies

Mental Health in Extreme Environments¶

Isolation psychology
Leadership
Conflict management
Communication
Polar and Mars analogs
Exercise: Mission conflict simulation

Telemedicine and Autonomous Medical Systems¶

Remote diagnosis
AI-assisted healthcare
Wearable monitoring
Medical autonomy
Mars medical kits

Exercise - Design a Mars mission medical kit¶

Group Simulation
Cognitive testing
Decision making
Resource management
Team communication
Medical reporting

Day 2¶

Astronaut Health Data Analysis¶

Heart rate variability
Oxygen saturation
Sleep cycles
Stress biomarkers
Sample astronaut biomedical datasets
Wearable monitoring examples

Closing Session¶

Workshop Summary
Lessons learned
Engineering and medicine as complementary disciplines
Future of human spaceflight
Earth applications of space technologies

Spacesuit Demonstration¶

Spacesuit architecture
Materials and protective layers
Life support subsystems
Communications systems
Mobility and operational constraints
EVA procedures

Final Activity¶

Certificates
Group photographs

Date¶

This training course is offered on demand. Dates are flexible and can be arranged to accommodate the schedules of participants. Please contact us to schedule your training session.

Contact¶

If you have any questions, please email us at: info@aatc.pl

Apply¶

To apply please contact us at: info@aatc.pl