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Publication AbstractsDevelopment of U.S.-Russian Medical Support Procedures for Long-Duration Spaceflight: The NASA-Mir ExperienceV. V. Morgun, L. I. Voronin, R. R. Kaspranskiy, S. L. Pool, M. R. Barratt, and A. L. NavinkovAviat Space Environ Med 2002; 73:147-55 AbstractAs the Russian Space Agency and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration began in the mid-1990s to plan a preliminary cooperative flight program in anticipation of the International Space Station, programmatic and philosophical differences became apparent in the technical and medical approaches of the two agencies. This paper briefly describes some of these differences and the process by which the two sides resolved differences in their approaches to the medical selection and certification of NASA-Mir crewmembers. These negotiations formed the basis for developing policies on other aspects of the medical support function for international missions, including crew training, preflight and postflight data collection, and rehabilitation protocols. The experience gained through this cooperative effort has been invaluable for developing medical care capabilities for the International Space Station.Keywords: Space medicine, spaceflight, medical certification, International Space Station. EDITOR'S NOTE: This paper describes medical preparations for the Shuttle-Mir program. Although the information dates from the mid-1990s, it is well worth documenting. Given this background, readers may wish to look further for descriptions of the aeromedical issues (and crises) that subsequently developed while American astronauts were aboard Mir. Information on subscribing, and on obtaining copies of an article or of an entire issue. Table of Contents for Volume 73, Number 2 of the ASME journal.
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