This is a longstanding listserve of articles relevant to space biology, space health, etc
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Papers deriving from NASA support:
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Aldeghi TM, Higbee RG.
Identifying predisposing factors for hyperopic shift in long-duration spaceflight.
Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2026 Aug 1;97(8):627-32.
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Note: From the abstract: “Deidentified data were obtained from NASA’s Medical Evaluation Documents, Volume B database for astronauts who participated in space missions >30 d. Refractive outcomes were assessed using manifest refraction (MR) and manifest refraction spherical equivalent (MRSE), calculating the mean change between pre- and postflight measurements across both eyes. The cohort included 85 subjects for age and mission duration analyses and 84 for bodyweight. Each risk factor was divided into quintiles. Spearman’s rank correlation identified associations between quintiles and hyperopic shift.”
Journal Impact Factor: 0.8
Funding: T.M. Aldeghi and R.G. Higbee are affiliated with NASA Johnson Space Center.
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Carroll DJ, Rothrock SA, Phillips SD, Knaus DA, Kattamis NT, Hayman APA, Fellows AM, Zegans ME, Buckey JC Jr. @jay.buckey
Numerical model of the eye for understanding acute microgravity-induced ocular changes.
Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2026 Aug 1;97(8):584-91.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42542323
PI: J.C. Buckey Jr
Note: From the abstract: “A finite element numerical model of the 50th percentile adult human globe, optic nerve, and surrounding tissues was constructed. The model incorporated 4 fluids and 12 different structures/tissues, with physical properties derived from the literature. The model included both hydrostatic gradients and tissue compressive forces, which are eliminated in weightlessness. We demonstrated model function using published clinical data from intravitreal injection and dark room provocation testing and then applied the model to predict acute microgravity-induced changes.”
Journal Impact Factor: 0.8
Funding: PI reports NASA Task Book project “Role of the Cranial Venous Circulation in Microgravity-Associated Visual Changes” funding.
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LeRoy E, Kim J, Ruland H, Schanzer N, Sakharkar A, Innes L, Feinstein Z, Gamboa DZ, Chen R, Arikatla MR, Kurt KC, Crucian BE, Schmidt MA, Mason CE. @AnuragSakharkar @jang1563 @chm2042 @mschmidtphd
Long-term major histocompatibility complex class I suppression in astronauts and clinical implications.
Commun Biol. 2026 Aug 6;9(1):1053. Review.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42562863
PIs: B.E. Crucian, C.E. Mason
Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
Journal Impact Factor: 5.8
Funding: PI reports NASA funding.
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Nowadly C, Lovett D, Brawley H, Babcock L, Shennara K, Rezentes C, Lehnhardt K, Reichard JF.
Limited degradation of active pharmaceutical ingredient after spaceflight on the International Space Station.
Wilderness Environ Med. 2026 Aug 4;10806032261466966. Online ahead of print.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42550782
Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
Journal Impact Factor: 1.6
Funding: “The authors thank Dr. Tina Bayuse, the Johnson Space Center Pharmacy, and the Exploration Medical Capability Element of NASA’s Human Research Program for their work in purchasing, packaging, recovering, and storing the medications included in this study.”
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Othman MA, Kim JH, Kamal KY, Lawler JM. @kykamal
Heat shock proteins and exercise in skeletal muscle insulin resistance: Protective mechanisms and therapeutic potential.
Int J Mol Sci. 2026 Jul 23;27(15):6587.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms27156587
PI: J.M. Lawler
Note: This article is part of Special Issue “Heat Shock Proteins (HSPs): Biological Functions and Mechanisms of Actions” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/special_issues/3ET2T32F2E) and may be obtained online without charge.
Journal Impact Factor: 5.6
Funding: “This research was provided by generous support from grant awards from FightDMD to K.Y.M and J.M.L., NASA (80NSSC19K0432, NNX13AE45G) to J.M.L., the Huffines Institute (J.M.L., K.Y.M.).”
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Vitry G, Angdisen J, Arriaga P, Irgen-Gioro S, Sawant MA, Vuong DC, Ilhardt P, Fehr J, Cwikla B, Ponnaiya B, Inman JL, Mao JH, Snijders AM, Hamid S, Caballero-Lima D, Garty G, Apfeldorf K, Laiakis EC. @geraldine.vitry @ecl28
Monitoring radiation exposure through skin swab multi-omic profiling.
PLoS One. 2026 Aug 5;21(8):e0354734.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42555569
Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
Journal Impact Factor: Not available for this journal
Funding: P. Ilhardt is affiliated with NASA Johnson Space Center.
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Ward GH, Jacobs SA, Marrero AN, Scheuring RA, Anderson DN.
Shoulder injury and surgery patterns among astronauts across spaceflight phases and mission operations: An analysis of 677 injuries from 1981 to 2024.
J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2026 Jul 29. Online ahead of print.
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Journal Impact Factor: 3.4
Funding: The authors are affiliated with NASA Johnson Space Center.
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Pavlovic NR, Malings CA, Huang M, He Y, Diez S, Bratburd J, Mahmoud H, Schnell J, Hang Y, Anderson L, Grodzinsky G, deSouza P, Mead MI, Rao Y, Velho R, Davignon D, Munde S, Sayeed A, Aekakkararungroj A, Joshi A, Olayinka O, Rondouba HD, Pant P.
Satellite-derived air quality data can effectively support health needs when use cases, Earth observing capabilities, and capacities align.
J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2026 Aug 3;1-27. Review.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42546224
Note: From the abstract: “Advances in Earth observation (EO) remote sensing technologies have delivered a range of aerosol and trace gas pollution data with ever-improving spatial and temporal resolution, significantly benefitting assessments of global air quality (AQ). Furthermore, the application of data synthesis techniques incorporating satellite EO with other information sources has improved the availability of satellite-derived estimates of pollutant exposure at local to global scales. These data have been applied to address a diversity of use cases in AQ monitoring and public health, from long-term trend tracking, exposure assessment, and epidemiological analysis to short-term emissions identification and early warning.” This article may be obtained online without charge.
Journal Impact Factor: 2.4
Funding: C.A. Malings, M. Huang are affiliated with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. H. Mahmoud is affiliated with NASA Langley Research Center. A. Sayeed is affiliated with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.
Physical Science papers deriving from NASA support:
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Gębala J, Tomza M, D’Incao JP.
Universality in ionic three-body systems near an ion-atom Feshbach resonance.
Phys Rev Lett. 2026 Jul 28;137(5):053402.
https://doi.org/10.1103/r7hw-27wv
Journal Impact Factor: 9.4
Funding: NASA grant #JPL 1700833; JPL 1502690 funding.
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Other papers of interest:
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Fredriksson R, Han Y, Du X, Sexton CA, Barasa P, Zanotti F, Hamilton NB, Ito K, Zavan B, Kozlova EN.
Boundary cap neural crest stem cells exhibit remarkable resilience to environmental stressors associated with International Space Station mission.
npj Microgravity. 2026 Aug 6;12:69.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42562823
Note: ISS results. This article may be obtained online without charge.
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Adebowale M, Long NVD, Williams PM, Hauslage J, Hessel V.
Stability of medicinal nanoemulsions to spaceflight: Insights from the StarMed experiment.
Adv Healthc Mater. 2026 Aug 4;e71521. Online ahead of print.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42549747
Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
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Bajaj K, Hariharan I, Mullah A, Kedlaya K, Kb S, Amin R, Ks NP, Bhat VS, Bommasamudram T, Sukumar S, Vaishali K.
Mapping the role of exercise on microgravity-induced cardiorespiratory deconditioning among astronauts- A scoping review.
Life Sci Space Res. 2026 Aug 5. Review. Online ahead of print.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lssr.2026.08.001
Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
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Mampre D, Guttendorf R, Zimmer J, Whitson B, Huggins J, Christianson C, Burns E, Heft N, Rosenberg M, Asadi A, Mateus J, Rudge J, Mizuno T, Donehoo J.
Volumetric absorptive microsampling during spaceflight for analysis of acetaminophen pharmacokinetics in whole blood.
J Clin Pharmacol. 2026 Jul 30;66(8):e70240.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42530224
Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
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Petrignani I, Teodori L, Pasquo A.
Food derived bioactive compounds in miRNA mediated bone and muscular regeneration and remodeling under microgravity: Use of big data and bioinformatic platforms.
Life Sci Space Res. 2026 Jul 31. Online ahead of print.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lssr.2026.07.008
Note: From the article: “A curated literature mining approach was conducted using PubMed, Google Scholar and the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database to identify experimentally validated miRNAs reported as dysregulated in osteoporosis, muscle atrophy and microgravity conditions. Only experimental studies (in vivo or in vitro) providing clear evidence of miRNA modulation (up- or downregulation) were included. Searches were limited to English-language publications and time ranges were defined according to the availability of experimentally relevant miRNA studies within each research field.” This article may be obtained online without charge.
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Samaranayake L, Leung YY, Tuygunov N, Osathanon T.
Operationalizing space dentistry: A policy framework for long-duration human spaceflight.
J Am Dent Assoc. 2026 Aug 5. Online ahead of print.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42554544
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Sung D.
Decision-making in aerospace medicine research, development, and regulation: A philosophical primer.
KJAsEM. 2026 Jun 11;36(2):34-40. Review. Korean.
https://doi.org/10.46246/KJAsEM.260010
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Zhai R, Gao J, Tian Y, Zhao L, Zhu L, Gu J, Hu M.
Multiple organ injury in septic rats under weightlessness.
Front Physiol. 2026 Jul 16;17:1849176.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42539378
Note: Hindlimb unloading study. This article may be obtained online without charge.
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Sanseau E, Adema A, Auerbach M, Kwan BM.
Reframing simulation as an implementation strategy: A call for conceptual integration across two scientific communities.
Implement Sci Commun. 2026 Jul 28;7(1):141.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42521989
Note: This article is part of Section “Cancer Imaging” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/tomography/sections/cancer_imaging) and may be obtained online without charge.
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Savinkina A, Kuznetsova P, Nekto A, Grodnikova A.
Psychological adaptation in women during 5-day dry immersion: A multi-method study of stress and coping.
Acta Astronaut. 2026 Aug 6. Online ahead of print.
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Jeong W, Lee Y, Kim S, Park H, Park SY, Kim S, Chun Y-S.
Development of a three-DOF random positioning machine for uniformly distributed microgravity simulation.
Acta Astronaut. 2026 Aug 4. Online ahead of print.
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Kourtidou-Papadeli C, Patikas D, Kourtidou S, Kyparos A, Vasileiadis P, Gkemou Z, Chaloulakou S, Georgiou N, Bamidis PD, Vernikos J.
Medial gastrocnemius activation during graded axial hypergravity induced by short-arm human centrifugation.
Eur J Appl Physiol. 2026 Aug 6.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42560529
Note: From the abstract: “Gravitational loading is a key determinant of antigravity muscle activation, yet neuromuscular responses to graded + Gz loading in humans remain incompletely characterized. Reduced mechanical loading, whether due to microgravity or physical inactivity, leads to musculoskeletal deconditioning across both spaceflight and clinical contexts.” This article may be obtained online without charge.