{"id":127680,"date":"2022-04-06T13:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680//?p=127680"},"modified":"2024-01-18T14:18:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T19:18:32","slug":"ucf-part-of-historic-civilian-space-flight-to-the-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680//ucf-part-of-historic-civilian-space-flight-to-the-international-space-station/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680//","title":{"rendered":"UCF Part of Historic Civilian Space Flight to the International Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the first four civilians travel to the International Space Station April 8 they will be working with a team of 海角直播 doctors to study how space travel affects the human body, particularly the eyes and brain./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680/n

Three faculty physicians at UCF Health, the College of Medicine/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680/u2019s clinical practice, are collaborating with Axiom Space and two Israeli medical centers /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680/u2014  Sheba Medical Center and Rabin Medical Center /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680/u2014 to conduct clinical studies aboard Axiom’s private flight that will take four passengers to the International Space Station via the SpaceX Crew Dragon. The flight is scheduled to launch from the Kennedy Space Center and should return 10-14 days later. The space explorers received pre-flight testing at UCF Health facilities and will be back for post-flight testing./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680/n

The eye study will include the use of high-definition technology unlike any used before to examine the participants/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680/u2019 eye structure. The brain study is the first of its kind in space. These studies represent UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680/u2019s first human subject space studies./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680/u201cIt/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680/u2019s a historic moment for space exploration with civilians going to the ISS and for UCF,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680/u201d says Deborah German, vice president for health affairs and founding dean of the College of Medicine. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680/u201cThese two studies are just the beginning. We have several more to come. It/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680/u2019s not just about exploring. What we find will contribute to keeping space explorers safe and finding new treatments here at home./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680/n

It’s All About the Eyes/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680/n

The first study, a collaboration between Gal Antman, ophthalmologist from Rabin Medical Center in Israel and UCF Health ophthalmologist Mehul Patel, will examine how the microgravity environment of space affects the structure and function of the eye in a condition called /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680/u201cspaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680/u201d or SANS that typically occurs in astronauts. The most commonly reported symptom of SANS experienced by astronauts is decreased near vision./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127680/n