NASA’s Integrated Medical Model (IMM)
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NASA developed the Integrated Medical Model (IMM), a decision-support tool meant to help plan for medical needs on crewed missions to the Moon and Mars. It accounts for factors such as cosmic radiation, microgravity, and distance from Earth that create health considerations for astronauts on long-duration spaceflight.
Planning crewed missions to the Moon and Mars involves preparing for the medical realities of long-duration space travel. Factors like cosmic radiation, microgravity, and distance from Earth create unique health considerations for astronauts. To anticipate these needs ahead of time, NASA developed the Integrated Medical Model (IMM). The IMM is a decision-support tool that uses […]
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