Standard Measures
Standard measures are a set of consistent core measurements taken from space flight crew or ground-based analog subjects to characterize the effects of living and working in
simulated microgravity, and isolated confined controlled environments. Standard measures enable the high-level monitoring of countermeasures effectiveness, meaningful interpretation
of health and performance outcomes, and help to inform and support future hypothesis-driven, mission-enabling research.
Standard measures include physiological, psychological, and biological measurements that quantify crew or subject health and performance before, during, and after flight or analog missions. Collecting consistent standard measures at each research platform allows cross-discipline assessment of health and performance limits and multiple countermeasure strategies.
The Standard Measures Cross-Cutting Project (SMCCP) was formed by NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) to combine all current and future HRP-funded standard measures efforts in both flight and ground analog environments under a single management and implementation approach.
Standard measures include physiological, psychological, and biological measurements that quantify crew or subject health and performance before, during, and after flight or analog missions. Collecting consistent standard measures at each research platform allows cross-discipline assessment of health and performance limits and multiple countermeasure strategies.
The Standard Measures Cross-Cutting Project (SMCCP) was formed by NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) to combine all current and future HRP-funded standard measures efforts in both flight and ground analog environments under a single management and implementation approach.
| Standard Measures - HERA | The HERA facility is located at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas and consists of a unique three-story closed habitat that is designed to serve as an analog for isolation, confinement, and remote conditions in exploration scenarios. Subjects’ emotional and mental states in a short-duration, isolated, and confined environment are captured to advance understanding of behavioral risks associated with this type of spaceflight analog. The two areas of study are behavioral health and biochemistry, which monitor subjects’ psychological health and cortisol levels, respectively. |
| Standard Measures - ISS | Spaceflight Standard Measures are collected from participating U.S. and International Partners crew members to characterize the effects of living and working in space. Standard measures data support assessment and quantification of health risks and efficacy of countermeasures and technologies required to prevent or mitigate adverse outcomes from exposure to the spaceflight environment. The six core areas of the Spaceflight Standard Measures are behavioral health and performance, biochemistry, cardiovascular, cellular profile/immunology, microbiology, and sensorimotor. |
| Standard Measures - NEK | The NEK facility is located at the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia. It is a multi-compartment, pressurized facility that is used to capture subjects' emotional and mental state in long-duration isolated and confined environment to advance understanding of behavioral risks associated with this type of spaceflight analog. Subjects are physically isolated and have limited communication to the outside world. This enables subjects to feel as if they are in an actual spaceflight environment. The two areas of study are behavioral health and biochemistry, which will monitor subjects’ psychological health and cortisol levels, respectively. |
| Standard Measures :envihab | :envihab is a state-of-the-art research facility located in Cologne, Germany. The Envihab Bed Rest Standard Measures monitor the effects of simulated microgravity and/or hypercapnic atmospheric composition and the effectiveness of various treatments as countermeasures to these negative effects. The human physiological, neurological, and behavioral outcomes associated with long-duration bed rest, are captured. Extended exposure to a head-down tilt position can duplicate many of the effects of a low-gravity environment. The nine areas of measures are ancillary, behavioral health, biochemistry, bone mineral density, cardiovascular physiology, immunology, muscle physiology, ocular tests, and sensorimotor physiology. |
Standard Measures