Human Factors and Performances

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What Will You Learn?

  • This course will look at how space affects the human body and mind, and how we design spacecraft and missions to keep astronauts safe, healthy, and able to do their jobs. You'll learn why thinking about people is just as important as building rockets when it comes to space travel.

Course Content

🚀 Welcome to Human Factors and Performance in Space
Space isn’t just a frontier of technology—it’s a test of human limits. In this course, we’ll explore how astronauts survive, adapt, and perform in one of the harshest environments imaginable. From microgravity to isolation, from cockpit design to mental resilience, we’ll examine the science behind keeping humans alive, effective, and thriving beyond Earth. This isn’t just about rockets—it’s about people.

  • 🔍 The Why, How and What

Human Factors in Space
Human factors is the science of designing systems, tools, and environments that complement human abilities and limitations.

Human Performance in Space
Human performance relates to how well astronauts carry out tasks—physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Applications and Future Challenges
Understanding and designing for human factors and performance in space ensures astronaut safety, mission success, and progress in space exploration. As missions grow longer and more complex, interdisciplinary approaches—combining engineering, psychology, medicine, and design—are more important than ever.

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