Support Space Exploration? Volunteers Needed for 51-Day HERA Study (compensation provided)

Check out HERA at http://www.nasa.gov/hrp/research/analogs/hera
JSC Test Subject Support is recruiting volunteers for a 51-day study to simulate flight operations and confinement. Subjects will spend 30 days in confined habitation in the Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA) facility at JSC. Researchers will collect blood, urine and saliva; study personal behaviors; and evaluate team cohesion, cognition and communication.

This opportunity is for healthy, non-smoking volunteers between the ages of 30 and 55. Volunteers must pass a JSC physical and psychological assessment to qualify. Subjects must take no medications, have no dietary restrictions, have a BMI of 29 or less, be 74 inches or less tall and have no history of sleepwalking. Subjects must have highly technical skills and a master's degree in a science, technology, engineering and math discipline and equivalent years of experience or military experience.

Volunteers will be compensated. (Some restrictions to NASA civil servants and contractors. Contact your Human Resources department for your company's policy.)

Contact Linda Byrd, RN, at 281-483-7284, or Rori Yager, RN, at 281-483-7240.

Linda Byrd 281-483-7284
Human Exploration Research Analog-HERA

The Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA), formerly known as the Deep Space Habitat, was transferred from the JSC Engineering Directorate to HRP in FY2013. This unique modular three-story habitat was designed and created through a series of university competitions and was previously used in the Desert Research and Technology Studies in the Arizona desert.

The HERA will provide a high-fidelity research venue for scientists to use in addressing risks and gaps associated with human performance during spaceflight. Historically, the habitat was used for exploration engineering systems demonstrations. In its new role, the HERA will serve as an analog for simulation of isolation, confinement, and remote conditions of mission exploration scenarios.

Studies suitable for this analog may include behavioral health and performance assessments, communication and autonomy studies, human factors evaluations, and exploration medical capabilities assessments and operations.