Translational Research Institute for Space Health Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

A view of Earth from space, focused on Africa and Europe.

Baylor’s Center for Space Medicine recognizes that sharing research and expertise beyond borders can provide benefits to all mankind.

A satellite floating in space with the earth behind it.

Momentum

Launching into the ethical dimensions of health research in space

October 19, 2023 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Translational Research Institute for Space Health

The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) hosted a workshop on ethics and responsible space health research.

An astronaut taking a space walk with the earth behind them

Momentum

Now launching: Space health

September 5, 2023 NASA, Translational Research Institute for Space Health

Learn how the Translational Research Institute for Space Health at Baylor College of Medicine is helping to advance deep-space journeys.

Policywise

Good Ethics to Good Science in Commercial Spaceflight Human Research

January 6, 2023 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Center for Space Medicine, ethics, Research, space, Spaceflight, the Banbury Center of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Translational Research Institute for Space Health

The world is watching as the commercial spaceflight industry takes shape. More than ever, Spaceflight Participants – the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) approved term for

Stars in motion streaking across the dark sky.

Progress Notes

Forging a New Path for Diversity in Outer Space

November 16, 2022 Diversity Essay Contest, Translational Research Institute for Space Health

Editor’s note: This piece was originally submitted as an entry to the Progress Notes’ Diversity Essay Contest. “Space: the final frontier.” But what if that frontier