Medical Benefits From The Space Program

Overview of ISS Research Benefits to Human Health

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Advanced Ultrasound for the Space Program and on Earth. A patient's location at the time of a medical crisis often determines their pain and suffering and even their chances of survival. Providing medical care in remote communities, such as the space station crew, …

Space exploration is reinventing healthcare | The Hill

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The benefits are numerous including medical breakthroughs enabled by space technology advances. Discoveries in space robotics and new materials propelled …

10 Benefits of Space Exploration. (Including Medical and …

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CNN - From pacemakers to braces, the medical benefits of space ...

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From pacemakers to braces, the medical benefits of space exploration. Quick blood pressure recorders are one of the widely-used devices created by the U.S. space …

Space Program Benefits: NASA’s Positive Impact on …

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Space Program Benefits: NASA’s Positive Impact on Society. By J.R. Wilson. ... It has been investigated as a possible medical tool for astronauts, who may develop cataracts as a side effect of the kind of …

What breakthroughs in medicine came from NASA?

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Here are a few of the many other medical advances that came at least in part from NASA: Digital imaging breast biopsy system, developed from Hubble Space Telescope technology. Tiny transmitters to monitor the …

NASA - Space Medicine

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External defibrillators are a good example, says Jim Logan, manager for the Medical Informatics and Health Care Systems Office at the Johnson Space Center. These devices, which use electrical shocks to restart a patient's …

NASA's Contributions to the World of Medicine - The …

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NASA's space exploration has resulted in numerous benefits to the field of health and medicine. Partnerships between NASA and other researchers have led to medical breakthroughs that have evolved the …

How Space Exploration Contributes to Our Health - ABC News

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Feb. 7, 2003 -- The tragic loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its seven crew members also meant the loss of something much less in the public eye — a large amount of …

Apollo's Technology Has Made Our Lives Better : NPR

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Twitter. The Apollo program was gigantic. The U.S. government spent roughly $26 billion (about $260 billion in today's dollars, according to one estimate) between 1960 and 1972 to hire contractors ...