Space psychology

The field is necessary for planning for and accomplishing successful human spaceflight missions by ensuring readiness for the unique physiological and psychological challenges posed by spending extended time in closed isolated environments like spacecraft.[2] In addition to teamwork, there is an assortment of psychological and sociological effects of spaceflight that needs to be addressed in order to plan for successful space missions, such as loneliness, unavailability of familial mental health support, elevated levels of stress due to demanding tasks, and reduced material comforts.The ergonomic approach to these environments has to include new variables, such as time delay in communication due to speed of light transmission limitations.[4] Most published research specific to space psychology has been conducted by NASAs Human Systems Integration Division.A variety of adverse influences may negatively impact the performance of mission teams both on the ground and in flight.
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