As NASA prepares for Artemis III and future missions beyond the moon, the focus is shifting, from observing how the human body responds in space to preparing for longer, more complex missions.
In an earlier Q&A, we explored how Artemis II marks a return to crewed lunar exploration. Now, Laura Kelley, media relations program manager in the CU Anschutz Office of Communications, sat down with Arian Anderson, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the CU Anschutz School of Medicine, to discuss what comes next.
Anderson, whose work focuses on health and performance in extreme environments and human spaceflight, said future studies will explore deeper space radiation exposure, longer mission durations and the growing need for astronauts to manage their own health far from Earth.