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Item NASA Crew Health & Performance Capability Development for Exploration: 2021 to 2022 Overview(51st International Conference on Environmental Systems, 7/10/2022) Abercromby, Andrew; Douglas, Grace; Kalogera, Kent; Somers, Jeffrey; Suresh, Rahul; Thompson, Moriah; Wood, Scott; Hwang, Emma; Parton, Kyle; Broyan, JamesRadiation, reduced gravity, distance from earth, isolation and confinement, and habitation within artificially created and controlled life support environments are hazards that present risk to human space explorers. In many cases, research is required to characterize those risks and help identify risk mitigation strategies. Where new capabilities are necessary to maintain crew health and performance (CHP) during exploration missions, a multi-step process is followed: 1) a Capability Gap is defined; 2) a plan or �roadmap� to develop that capability is established based on agency priorities and anticipated mission development timelines; and 3) work defined on the roadmap is then initiated as resources allow, with the objective that the capability will be available in time to support the future mission. Over the past year, significant progress has occurred in CHP technology development, ground testbed development, ground-based testing, and in preparations for ISS technology demonstrations. This paper provides a development update in the following capability areas: crew health countermeasures, EVA physiology and performance, food and nutrition, exploration medical capabilities, and radiation. Project overviews will include descriptions of CHP development activities over the past year, the human system risks and capability gaps being targeted, as well as planned follow-on activities and anticipated program infusion points.Item NASA Crew Health & Performance Capability Development for Exploration: 2022 to 2023 Overview(2023 International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2023-07-16) Abercromby, Andrew; Douglas, Grace; Kalogera, Kent; Marshall-Goebel, Karina; Somers, Jeffrey; Suresh, Rahul; Thompson, Moriah; Wood, Scott; Fritsche, Ralph; Hwang, Emma; Yang, Justin; Broyan, JamesRadiation, reduced gravity, distance from earth, isolation and confinement, and habitation within artificially created and controlled life support environments are hazards that present risk to human space explorers. These hazards necessitate development of new technologies to protect crew health and performance during future long-duration missions to the moon and Mars. NASA’s System Capability Leads coordinate with agency experts, programs, and exploration architecture teams to identify and prioritize technology investments in support of future missions. This paper describes progress over the past year in CHP technology development, ground testbed development, ground-based testing, parabolic flight testing, and on-orbit technology demonstrations. Technology maturation progress and future plans are described in the following capability areas: crew health countermeasures; spacesuit physiology and performance; food and nutrition; radiation protection; and exploration medical capabilities.