The Operational Habitability (OpsHab) Team collects
and analyses information from space flight missions
to identify human factors and habitability lessons
learned, validate human factors requirements and designs,
solve operational challenges, and improve habitability
and human performance on future missions.
The OpsHab
team identifies and analyzes human-related
data captured through crew debriefs, previous findings
from long duration space flight (e.g., Skylab, Mir,
ISS) and space-analog environments (e.g., the Antarctic,
Submarines, etc.), as well as research findings from
the behavioral sciences. In addition, the OpsHab team
conducts focused evaluations on the International Space
Station (ISS) to identify improvements in areas of human
factors and habitability.
In addition to supporting the ISS Program and Mars
analog missions, the OpsHab team has supported the
Phase 1 Shuttle-Mir program in the past and may support
Shuttle and other Reusable Vehicle missions in the
future.
Contacts:
NASA Manager: Laura Duvall
Contractor Lead:
