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Resuming human spaceflight means health in space a priority

With the resumption of moon missions and plans to launch people to Mars, sustaining life and good health in space and for a long time is becoming a federal prio...

March 11, 2019 8:15 am
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With the resumption of moon missions and plans to launch people to Mars, sustaining life and good health in space and for a long time is becoming a federal priority. Now a new interagency agreement between NASA and the Department of Health and Human Services will bring greater cooperation on research. Craig Kundrot, director of space life and physical sciences research at NASA, and Dr. Christopher Austin, director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for an update.

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