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Human Interactions During International Space Station Missions

During the assembly phase of the International Space Station (ISS), we are studying a number of psychosocial and cultural/language variables that affect 5 crews in space and the mission controllers who support them from the Marshall Spaceflight Center, the Johnson Space Center, and the Mission Control Center in Moscow (TsUP). Subjects are completing the Profile of Mood States (POMS), the Group Environment Scale (GES), the Work Environment Scale (WES), and a Critical Incident Log each week during the missions. Data from this investigation currently are being collected. Funding for this investigation is provided by NASA.

Related Publications
  1. Kanas, N and Manzey, D: Space Psychology and Psychiatry, Microcosm Press, Torrance, CA, and Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2003. (Abstract).

  2. Kanas, N: Psychosocial research on the ISS: Implications for the future. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, 73:231, 2002.

  3. Kanas, N, Weiss, D., Marmar, C., and Grund, E.: Crewmember and crew-ground interactions during International Space Station missions. AIAA-2001-4905. Proceedings, Conference and Exhibit on International Space Station Utilization, Cape Canaveral, FL, NASA/Boeing/AIAA, October, 2001.

  4. Kanas, N, Salnitsky, V., Grund, E., Gushin, V., and Marmar, C.: Psychosocial countermeasures for International Space Station Missions IAF/IAA-01-G.3.b.02. 52nd International Astronautical Congress, Toulouse, France. International Astronautical Federation: Paris, 2001.

  5. Kanas, N: Group interactions during space missions. Invited keynote address, Workshop on Group Interactions. International Space Life Sciences Working Group, Banff, Canada, May 2002.

  6. Kanas, N., Salnitsky, Ritsher, J. B., Grund, E., Weiss, D., Gushin, V., Kozerenko, O., Sled, A., and Marmar, C.: Psychosocial research on the International Space Station: Special privacy considerations. IAC-02-G.4.02. 53rd International Astronautical Congress. World Space Congress, Houston, TX, October, 2002.