WORLDTECHNASA to Study Human Health, Performance During Crew-13 Mission
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What happened
A performance study, called Manual Piloting , operates with lunar-landing simulations to test how well astronauts can handle challenging landings after spending extended time in microgravity. (April 30, 2026) — The SpaceX Crew-13 members are pictured in their pressure suits seated inside a mockup Dragon spacecraft during a preflight training session at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California.
From left are, Roscosmos Sergey Teteryatnikov, NASA astronauts Luke Delaney and Jessica Watkins, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk. Among upcoming research, a new collaboration with ESA (European Space Agency), called Venous Haemostasis , builds on previous studies of blood flow in space by combining the two space agencies’ research efforts. “In space, weightlessness can disrupt normal blood flow in astronauts’ veins,” said Jason Lytle, one of the study’s principal investigators and a cardiovascular researcher at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Key facts
- A performance study, called Manual Piloting , — uses: lunar-landing simulations to test how well astronauts can handle challenging landings after spending extended time in microgravity
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NASA to study human health and performance during Crew-13 mission ↗
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