Space life sciences - Subject Guide

Key Resources

NPR 8900 .1B - NASA Health and Medical Requirements for Human Space Exploration
NASA-STD-3001, Vol. 1- NASA Space Flight Human System Standard, Volume 1, Revision A: Crew Health

NASA-STD-3001, Vol. 2- NASA Space Flight Human System Volume 2: Human Factors, Habitability and Environment Heath

NPR 7120.5E NASA Space Flight Program and Project Management Requirements (Updated w/Change 18)

Books: Humans in space

Call number - Position of the books on the shelves

RC1135 - space medicine

RC1150+ - space physiology

RC1160 - space psychology

TL855 - astronaut selection

TL1500+ - Life support systems

Barratt, M.R., 2019. Principles of clinical medicine for space flight. New York: Springer.
Clement, G., 2011. Fundamentals of space medicine. New York: Springer

Nicogossian, A.E., 2016. Space physiology and medicine: evidence and practice. New York: Springer

Rainford, D. and Gradwell, D.P., 2015. Ernsting's aviation and space medicine. CRC Press.

Vakoch, D.A., 2013. On-orbit and beyond: psychological perspectives on human spaceflight. New York: Springer.

Blackwell landon, L., 2021. Psychology and human performance in space programs: research at the frontier. CRC Press.

Chouker, A., 2011. Stress challenges and immunity in space. New York: Springer.

Clement, G., 2008. Neuroscience in space. New York: Springer.

Hellweg, C.E., 2020. Radiation in space: relevance and risk for human missions. New York: Springer.

Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, 2014. Health Standards for Long Duration and Exploration Spaceflight Ethic Principles, Responsibilities, and Decision Framework. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for Evaluation of Space Radiation Cancer Risk Model, 2012. Technical Evaluation of the NASA Model for Cancer Risk to Astronauts Due to Space Radiation. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press.

Seedhouse, E., 2010. Prepare for launch: the astronaut training process. New York: Springer.

Seedhouse, E., 2020. Life support systems for humans in space. Cham: Springer.

Szocik, K., 2020. Human enhancements for space missions: lunar, martian, and future missions to outer planets. New York: Springer.

Thornton, W., 2017. The human body and weightlessness: operational effects, problems and countermeasures. Cham: Springer.

Wotring, V.E., 2012. Space pharmacology. New York: Springer.

Books: Animals and plants

Call number - Position of the books on the shelves

QH327 - space biology

Burgess, C. and Dubbs, C., 2007. Animals in space: from research rockets to the space shuttle. New York: Springer.

Clement, G. and Slenzka, K., 2006. Fundamentals of space biology: research on cells, animals, and plants in space. Microcosm Press.

Russomano, T., 2008. The effects of hypergravity and microgravity on biomedical experiments. Morgan & Claypool Publishers.

Journal Articles

Journal articles can be an excellent source for researching narrower, more specialized topics. Articles published in scholarly and specialized journals include extensive footnotes with citations to primary and secondary sources that are relevant to the topic.

Journal indexes and databases are a good tool for conducting journal article research. They include bibliographic information about an article, such as the title, the name of the author, and the name of the journal, as well as one or more subject descriptors.

Multidisciplinary databases

Base: Bielefield academic search engine
BASE is one of the world's most voluminous search engines especially for academic web resources. BASE provides more than 240 million documents from more than 8,000 content providers. You can access the full texts of about 60% of the indexed documents for free
EBSCO Discovery Service
This database is an online research tool that "pulls together" many external space-related and multidisciplinary sources so that they can be explorer using a single search box
ScienceDirect
Publications and journals of Elsevier. Covers science, earth sciences, materials sciences, mathematics, physics and astronomy
SpringerLink
Web of Science
Web Of Science is a citation index that provides a comprehensive citation search. It gives access to multiple databases that reference cross-disciplinary research, which allows for in-depth exploration of specialized sub-fields within an academic or scientific discipline. (On-campus access)
WorldCat
WorldCat connects you to the collections of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide. You can search for books, reports, article citations, and resources from the internet.

Specialized databases

AIAA ARC
Publications of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
APA PsycNet
Abstracting and indexing database covering the behavioral and social sciences from the authority in psychology
BioOne
Search journals in Biodiversity Conservation, Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, Entomology, Ornithology, Plant Science, and Zoology
BioMed Central
Large collection of biology and medicine journals published by BMC
elib
Publications of the German Aerospace Center (DLR)
EuropePMC
Europe PMC integrates content from a range of sources such as PubMed, PubMed Central (PMC), Agricola, and 21 life science preprint servers including biorxiv, Research Square, and Preprints.org
IAC meeting papers
Papers presented at the IAF's International Astronautical Congresses
NASA NTRS
Public database of NASA's current and historical technical literature
PubMed
Database of references and abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics