International Space Centers Collaboration
Request for Information on
Human Health Science for Gateway Lunar Space Station
Space Operations Mission Directorate Number: NNJ25ZSA001L
Release Date: October 11, 2024
Response Date: November 25, 2024
The NASA-led Gateway Program is an international collaboration to establish humanity’s first space station around the Moon as a vital component of the Artemis campaign. Gateway will help NASA and its partners test the technologies and capabilities required for a sustained human presence in deep space and chart a path for the first deep space human exploration missions. Gateway will offer unique opportunities to leverage the deep space lunar environment for scientific research and discovery. Gateway will serve as a year-round deep space laboratory, offering both internal and external study capabilities, and thus enabling a diverse array of scientific research. One of Gateway’s tenets is to have a multidisciplinary approach to utilization, or science opportunities.
NASA, ESA, CSA, and JAXA are requesting information from the community on human health science that should be performed on the Gateway space station. These science ideas must be implementable within the constraints listed in the RFI that can be found at https://tinyurl.com/ISCC-RFI.
A virtual workshop is scheduled for October 28, 2024 (1:00pm-2:00pm ET). More details are posted alongside this RFI on NSPIRES.
All parties including commercial entities, international organizations, academia, NASA Centers, and other government agencies are eligible to respond to this RFI.
This is a Request for Information (RFI) only and does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), European Space Agency (ESA), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), nor Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will take procurement action in this matter. The information gathered will be used by members of the Gateway Program-sponsored Human Health Discipline Working Group (HHDWG), including NASA, ESA, CSA, and JAXA to make decisions regarding potential human health science for the Gateway space station.
NASA, ESA, CSA, and JAXA intend to use the results of this RFI for informational purposes only. This RFI does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), and it is not to be construed as a commitment by a Government to enter into a contract, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response to this request.
Questions concerning this RFI may be addressed to:
NASA Human Research Program
jsc-hrp-chief-science-office@mail.nasa.gov
Dr. Angelique Van Ombergen
Team Lead for Human Exploration Science
Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration
Angelique.Van.Ombergen@esa.int
JAXA Gateway Utilization team
Dr Annie Martin
Portfolio Manager Health Beyond Initiative