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Papers deriving from NASA support:

  1. Houri JM, Berger T, Gaza R, Hussein H, Schwarz S, Waterman G, Matthiä D, Marsalek K, Przybyla B, Aeckerlein J, Radenhaeuser M, Kasemann M, Coderre K, Segars WP, Samei E, Kapadia AJ, Lee K, Laramore D, George SP, Semones E, Milstein O. First evaluation of wearable radiation protection for human deep space exploration, as flown on Artemis I.Sci Adv. 2026 Aug 12;12(33):eadz1892.Note: From the abstract: “With preparations underway for extended-duration crewed deep space missions, the health risks of solar particle events (SPEs) to astronauts are becoming increasingly pertinent. To address this hazard, the AstroRad vest, a personal radiation shielding garment providing targeted organ protection, was tested during Artemis I.” This article may be obtained online without charge.

    Journal Impact Factor: 13.9

    Funding: “NASA contractor labor was performed in support of NASA Human Health and Performance contract NNJ15HK11B. MARE development was financed by DLR under ‘Forschung unter Weltraumbedingungen’: OrionRad: 2475019 and Strahlenrisiken: 2475075 and by ISA. StemRad was financed for MARE by ISA contract 4501432315. XCAT phantom development was supported by NIH grants P41eB028744 and R01eB001838.”
  2. Lin M, Chen L, Arquilla K. Interactive causal diagram of habitat design impacts on behavioral health and performance in extreme environments.npj Microgravity. 2026 Aug 12;12:68.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

    Journal Impact Factor: 5.1

    Funding: “…This study was supported by a NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunity (80NSSC22K1222). …”
  3. Rodriguez AA, Roy D, Burke M, Gil M, Mao XW, de Rivero Vaccari JP, Mason CE, Milne G, Roy U.Spaceflight suppresses inflammasome signaling and alters dopaminergic regulation in the mouse brain from Rodent Research-1 (RR-1) mission.J Neuroinflammation. 2026 Aug 4. Early access article.PI: C.E. MasonNote: From the abstract: “In this study, we examined the genes and proteins that are associated with the inflammasome and the dopamine dysregulation associated with inflammation in mice exposed to spaceflight conditions. Mouse brains (C57BL/6J) from Rodent Research 1 (RR1, SpaceX-4) missions were analyzed based on exposure to spaceflight, simulated, and standard conditions for a baseline and control.” This article may be obtained online without charge.

    Journal Impact Factor: 11.5

    Funding: “The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) through Award Nos. 80NSSC25K7731 and 80NSSC24K0728, which supported this research.”
  4. Xu Y, Jarrah S, Zhang S, Khlgatian MK, Brojakowska A, Du Y, Eskandari A, D’Escamard V, Kovacic JC, Goukassian DA.Space radiation impairs long-term endothelial integrity and may promote atherosclerosis in ApoE-deficient mice.Clin Transl Med. 2026 Aug 13;16(8):e70774.PI: D.A. GoukassianNote: This article is a Letter to the Journal. From the abstract: “In this study, we addressed these gaps by investigating the long-term effects of simulated space radiation on endothelial integrity and atherosclerotic remodeling.” This article may be obtained online without charge.

    Journal Impact Factor: 7.9

    Funding: “We acknowledge the assistance and technical expertise of the Microscopy and Advanced Bioimaging CoRE of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Yang Xu is sup ported by the NYC Train KUHR Consortium (National Institutes of Health grant TL1DK136048) and a gener ous gift from the Haver Foundation and Ms Maurine Haver. Jason C. Kovacic is supported by the US National Institutes of Health (R01HG012773 and R01HL175992) and the Leducq Foundation (25CVD02). David A. Goukas sian is supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Human Research Program, grant No: 80NSSC19K1079 (formerly, 80NSSC18K0921).”
  5. Rivera-Crespo C, Vélez-Román L, Meza-Morales W, Mills HJ, Gámez-Holzhaus O, Mora C, Domenech-García M.Collagen-heparan sulfate microcarriers support mesenchymal stem cell culture in microgravity and streamline post-flight recovery.npj Microgravity. 2026 Aug 6. Early access article.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

    Journal Impact Factor: 5.1

    Funding: “This study was supported by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, Inc. (CASIS) and NASA under agreement number 80JSC018M0005, Rhodium Scientific under CASIS agreement number UA-2021-8282, NSF Engineering Research Center for Cell Manufacturing Technologies through Grant EEC-1648035, and by the Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust: Advanced Space Research Grants program. …”
  6. Bauer L, Barker R, Cauthorn G, Jenkins B, Gilroy S.Enhancing spaceflight imaging data using Simple Online Automated Plant Phenomics (SOAPP).Gravit Space Res. 2026 Aug;14(1):106-18.PI: S. GilroyNote: This article may be obtained online without charge.

    Journal Impact Factor: 0.9

    Funding: “This work has been supported by NASA (80NSSC19K0126 and 80NSSC21K0577) and fellowships and funding to LB from the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the North Carolina State University Genetics & Genomics Scholars Program, US Department of Education Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) P200A240029, National Science Foundation (NSF) PGRP 2533400, and the North Carolina State University’s Institute of Connected Sensor-Systems (ICONS) project ‘Intrinsic polarization transceivers for on plant polarimetric sensing.’ Support from the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium to GC through the Summer 2023 NASA Internship program is gratefully acknowledged. This support enabled the internship at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with the Space Crop Production team, during which contributions relevant to this research were made by GC.”

Other papers of interest:

  1. Bizzarri M, Prudente S, Angeloni A.Laboratory medicine in spaceflight missions: A narrative review.J Lab Precis Med. 2026 Jul 30;11. Review.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
  2. Kim SJ, Shin J, Lee B.Health alterations in spaceflight and ground-based analogs.Acta Astronaut. 2026 Aug 12. Review. Online ahead of print.
  3. Chon-Torres OA, Martínez-Frías J, Milligan A, Dick S.Ethical challenges of humanity’s expansion into space: From astrobioethics to astrobiocentrism.Acta Astronaut. 2026 Aug 7. Online ahead of print.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
  4. Ibrahim Z, Murphy RP, Guillaume GC, Green DA, Arya R, Cannegieter SC, Goswami N.Biological clocks and blood clots in space: Circadian disruption-induced modulation of thrombosis risk.Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2026 Jul 14;10(5):106840. Review.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
  5. Karthiksaran C, Balamurugan V, Dhinakaran P, Arulbalachandran D.Plant growth and development in microgravity: Physiological, molecular and technological insights for space agriculture.Ecological Frontiers. 2026 Oct;46:1943-53.
  6. Krämer CL, Ly-Sauerbrey Y, Maier M, Kadler L, Rehm A, Walkenfort B, Neidhöfer C, Leuko S, Schwengers O, Hasenberg M, Timofeev SM, Janssen S, Beblo-Vranesevic K, Döscher-Siems K.Community matters: Stress tolerance and survival of Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus capitis in a synthetic space habitat consortium.Front Microbiol. 2026 Jul 26;17:1869903.Note: This article is part of Research Topic “Microorganisms as Astro-pioneers for Long-term Sustainable Human Presence in Space” (https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/70040/microorganisms-as-astro-pioneers-for-long-term-sustainable-human-presence-in-space). The Research Topic also includes articles from previous Current Awareness Lists #1,173 https://doi.org/10.3389/frspt.2025.1651978 and and #1,210 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1842062. This article may be obtained online without charge.
  7. Velasco Espinal JAU, Navarro AFU, Pastrana Villares AJ, Nuñez Gonzalez DI, Solís Rodríguez M, Suárez Wong DA, Amaya Villagran G, Madrid González DA.Human physiology in deep space: Cardiovascular and metabolic adaptation to long-duration spaceflight.IECCMEXICO. 2026 Jul 31;5(2).Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
  8. Gontier C, Drouvé L, Striebel J, Sturm M, Meerholz Z, Schunk S, Lichterfeld Y, Liemersdorf C.A computational model of altered neuronal activity in altered gravity.npj Microgravity. 2026 Aug 7;12:70.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
  9. Huang L, Huang R, Lv W, Li Z, Tu Y, Song G, Luo Q.Simulated microgravity induced mesenchymal stem cell senescence via the activation of cytosolic mtDNA-cGAS-STING axis.J Cell Physiol. 2026 Aug 9;241(8):e70220.Note: Hindlimb unloading study. This article may be obtained online without charge.
  10. Villena-Giménez A, Castiglioni VG, Elena SF.Simulated microgravity influences short-term phenotypic responses of Orsay virus in Caenorhabditis elegans.Front Ecol Evol. 2026 Jul 12;14:1881415.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
  11. Liguore WA, Schwartz DL, Piantino J, Rajendran A, Jensen G, Karpf JA, Chernov MM, Woltjer RL, Kohama SG, Silbert LC, Weiss AR.Aging macaques bridge the translational gap in perivascular space biology.Sci Rep. 2026 Jun 15. Early access article.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
  12. Bergauer A, Urevc J, Steuber B, Schmid-Zalaudek K, Pivec V, Goswami N.Optic nerve sheath diameter increases during 12° head-down tilt in healthy volunteers: A crossover pilot study informing the design of a spaceflight countermeasure trial.Front Physiol. 2026 Jul 27;17:1890637.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
  13. Bonnard T, Araka L, Smith Reina A, van Berkel J, Morvan C, Morgat C, Guehl D, Guillaud E, Altena E.Sleep’s influence on susceptibility to motion sickness in parabolic flights and virtual reality: An exploratory study.J Vestib Res. 2026 Aug 10:9574271261474571.
  14. Pirini P, Mazzucco G, Pomaro B, Berardo A.Effects of ionizing radiation on bone microstructure and biomechanical properties: A systematic review in clinical and aerospace contexts.Prog Biomed Eng (Bristol). 2026 Aug 12. Online ahead of print.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
  15. Carriot J, Mackrous I, Brochu P, Corcos S, Pelletier M-A, Chacron MJ.Toward a neuroergonomic understanding of spatial disorientation.Front Physiol. 2026 Aug 12;Volume 17:1912219.Note: This article is part of Research Topic “Optimizing Health and Performance in Next-Generation Air Combat: Physiological, Cognitive, Sensory and Other Challenges in Fifth- and Sixth-Generation Fighters” (https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/71653/optimizing-health-and-performance-in-next-generation-air-combat-physiological-cognitive-sensory-and-other-challenges-in-fifth–and-sixth-generation-fighters) and may be obtained online without charge.
  16. Haeuplik-Meusburger S, Pelowski M, Fingerhut J.S.P.A.C.E. – Studying perceptions, activities, connections in extreme environments.Acta Astronaut. 2026 Aug 6. Online ahead of print.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
  17. Wang J, Wang R, Yang F, Wang W, Shen R, Jiang S, Li Q, Yan Q, Li Y, Diao Y, Wei L.An inulin-type Atractylodes macrocephala polysaccharide alleviates weightlessness-induced bone loss in association with the Nrf2/HO-1 pathway.Nutrients. 2026 Aug 5;18(15):2566.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
  18. McClure TS, Greene SL, Westfall LM, Kernagis D, Egan B, Koutnik AP.Effect of acute ingestion of a ketone monoester on psychomotor vigilance during acute severe hypoxia exposure.Mil Med. 2026 Aug 1;191(Supplement_1):444-52.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
  19. Sun L, Jia W, Mao Y, Li X, Kong M, She J, Friml J, Tan S.Regulation of shoot gravitropism and branching angle by the GRV2-SAC1 axis in Arabidopsis.Plant J. 2026 July 12;127(1):e71042.

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