Testing and Training of Personnel and Hardware in High-G Profiles Using the NASTAR Center Centrifuge

The objectives of this project are to: (1) conduct training and evaluation of future space flight participants (SFPs); (2) evaluate biomedical monitoring equipment under the G-profiles of commercial space flights; (3) develop optimal protocols for SFP's efficient and effective training; and (4) train and evaluate crew members in the G-profiles of various vehicles.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: Commercial Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight - Training

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $63921.00
• Contract Numbers:

  10-C-CST-UTMB

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Project Managers:

  Davidian, Ken

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Texas at Austin

  Austin, TX  United States  78712
• Principal Investigators:

  Vanderploeg, James

• Start Date: 20110103
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20130104
• Source Data: RiP Project 30471

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft operations; Centrifuges; Education and training; Evaluation and assessment; Testing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hardware; Space flight training
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Education and Training;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01483858
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 10-C-CST-UTMB
• Files: RiP
• Created Date: Jun 14 2013 1:09AM