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Human Research Program

The Human Research Program (HRP) (http://
www.nasa.gov/exploration/humanresearch/)
was created in October 2005 at Johnson Space Center
(JSC) in response to NASA's desire to move human
research project management away from
headquarters to JSC and to focus its research
investment on investigating and mitigating the
highest risks to astronaut health and performance in
support of exploration missions.[1] The HRP is an
applied research and technology program that
investigates and mitigates risks to astronaut health
and performance in support of exploration missions
and provides countermeasures and technologies for
human space exploration.

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Goals
Human Research Roadmap
Evidence
Risks
Gaps
Tasks
Deliverables
Elements
Analog experiments
References
External links

Goals
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.[2] The
Human Research Program also aims to educate the public on the challenges of human space flight.[3]

Human Research Roadmap

The Human Research Roadmap (HRR) (http://humanresearchroadmap.nasa.gov/) is a web-based
tool that is used to communicate the content of the Integrated Research Plan (IRP) (http://humanres
earchroadmap.nasa.gov/Documents/IRP_Rev_G_signed.pdf). The IRP is utilized to identify the
approach and research activities planned to address risks to human health and performance in space
which are assigned to specific Elements within the program.[2]

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With this tool, users can search for items as gaps associated with a risk, the tasks associated with a
given gap, the cross-integration of a task across multiple gaps or risks and deliverables associated
with a gap or risk.[2]

Evidence

Reviews of the accumulated evidence from medical records, space flight operations and research
findings are compiled into Evidence Reports (http://humanresearchroadmap.nasa.gov/evidence/).
This evidence provides the basis for identifying the highest priority human risks in space exploration,
which comprise the risk portfolio within the HRP. It also provides the basis for identifying gaps and
tasks in the research plan.[2]

Risks

Risks include physiological effects of radiation, low gravity, terrestrial environments as well as unique
challenges in medical support, human factors and behavioral health support. Risks are identified in
the Program Requirements Document (PRD) (http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/559800main_HRP-47052.
pdf) and assigned to an Element within HRP to quantify, mitigate or monitor.[2]

A current list of risks being evaluated can be found at the Human Health and Performance in Space
portal as well as at the HRR (http://humanresearchroadmap.nasa.gov/Risks/) website.

Gaps

For each risk, the HRP Element identifies gaps (http://humanresearchroadmap.nasa.gov/Gaps/) in

knowledge about the risk and the ability to mitigate the risk. The degree of uncertainty in
understanding the likelihood, consequence and/or time-frame of a particular risk are the major
factors that drive the gaps. Knowledge or mitigation gaps often appear in multiple risks, and many of
the specific research tasks address multiple gaps.[2]

Tasks

Tasks (http://humanresearchroadmap.nasa.gov/Tasks/) partially or completely close a gap by better

defining a risk or developing mitigation strategies to reduce the risk to an acceptable level. In some
cases, a task can address multiple gaps across multiple risks.[2]

Deliverables

Each task culminates in a deliverable or other agreed upon end-product such as recommended
standards, flight rules, processes, countermeasures and new technology.[2]

Elements
There are currently seven elements in the HRP.[4]

International Space Station Medical Project (http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/humanresearch/ele

ments/research_info_element-issmp.html)
Space Radiation Program Element (http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/humanresearch/elements/re
search_info_element-srpe.html)

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Human Health Countermeasures (http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/humanresearch/elements/rese

arch_info_element-hhc.html)
Exploration Medical Capability (http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/humanresearch/elements/resear
ch_info_element-exmc.html)
Behavioral Health and Performance (http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/humanresearch/elements/r
esearch_info_element-bhp.html)
Space Human Factors and Habitability (http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/humanresearch/element
s/research_info_element-shfh.html)
Science Management Office (http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/humanresearch/elements/research
_info_element-smo.html)

Analog experiments
The following experiments serve as Earth-based (terrestrial) analogs for the space flight
environment.[4]

Antarctica (http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/humanresearch/analogs/research_info_analog-antarc
tica.html)
Bed Rest Studies (http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/humanresearch/analogs/research_info_analo
g-bedrest.html)
Desert Research and Technology Studies (D-RATS) (http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/humanrese
arch/analogs/research_info_analog-drats.html)
Haughton Mars Project - Research Station (http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/humanresearch/anal
ogs/research_info_analog-haughton.html)
NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) (http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/hum
anresearch/analogs/research_info_analog-neemo.html)
Human-Related Altitude Chamber Complex (http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/humanresearch/ana
logs/research_info_analog-hracc.html)

References
1. "Human Research Program" (http://humanresearchroadmap.nasa.gov/intro/). Retrieved 8 August
2012.
2. "Human Research Roadmap Architecture"
(http://humanresearchroadmap.nasa.gov/architecture/).
3. "About Human Health and Safety" (http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/humanresearch/). Retrieved
8 August 2012.
4. "Human Research" (http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/humanresearch/). Retrieved 8 August 2012.

External links
Human Research Roadmap (http://humanresearchroadmap.nasa.gov/) website
Human Research Project (http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/humanresearch/index.html) website
The Life Science Data Archive (LSDA) (https://web.archive.org/web/20120926031411/http://lsda.j
sc.nasa.gov/lsda_home1.cfm) contains research data from NASA sponsored research.
The Lifetime Surveillance of Astronaut Health (LSAH) (https://web.archive.org/web/20120926031
406/http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov/lsah_home1.cfm) is a repository of electronic health records of all
astronauts and mission data which is collected according to the requirements set forth in the
Medical Requirements Integration Document (MRID) (https://web.archive.org/web/201208141011
54/http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov/docs/MRID/MRIDhome.cfm).

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