Advancing human space exploration by facilitating interdisciplinary cooperation, communication, and access to knowledge for the global community.
What Is OSMED?
The future of space will see more people going more places and doing more things. We are here to make human spaceflight safer, more productive, and inclusive of all.
The Organization for Space Medicine, Engineering, and Design (OSMED) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded to support the future of human spaceflight.
We are creating a global community to advance science communication and space literacy, to improve education and training, and to integrate best practices, both on and off planet. Our mission is to advance human space exploration by facilitating interdisciplinary cooperation, communication, and access to knowledge for the global community.
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OSMED brings together a global community of professionals, students, and organizations committed to advancing human space exploration. Membership gives you exclusive access to knowledge, resources, and networks that help shape the future of our field while connecting you with like-minded visionaries.
Membership benefits include:
Networking with global leaders in space exploration.
Exclusive access to premium resources and research.
Mentorship and career development opportunities.
Discounts on conferences and events.
Everything in space medicine is changing.
Commercial spaceflight is rapidly expanding access to space.
New people who have not been selected for extreme health are flying.
We are asking astronauts to do new things in new environments that increase the risks of illness and injury.
Medical capabilities must be considered early and throughout the engineering and design processes.
Maintaining and restoring human health in space is a systems challenge.
Learning to do medicine in space improves healthcare on Earth.
Risk is an inevitable part of human spaceflight.
Safety is paramount for expanding access to space.
Our systems must be redefined to include HUMANS, not just the hardware and software.
Space is hard. There is no shortage of engineering problems to solve.
Engineering complex space systems is an interdisciplinary art and science.
Sustainable access to space depends on lowering life-cycle costs.
Innovation in spaceflight engineering enhances life on earth.
Design empowers us to be better astronauts.
Design has traditionally been an afterthought in spaceflight, leading to awkward or unsafe situations.
The experience of space lacks comfort, privacy, agency and pleasure.
Accessibility and inclusion are still lacking in space exploration.
Physical and mental health are greatly challenged when exposed to stressors like microgravity and isolation.
Size and weight limitations in space habitats make it difficult to be prepared for every crisis.
How does living in space inform us on how to live fulfilling lives with limited resources on Earth?
Be part of shaping the future of humanity
Through thought leadership like Dr. Erik Antonsen’s Risk and Human Spaceflight lecture series, we are creating and sharing knowledge that prepares humanity for the challenges of living, working, and thriving beyond Earth. By integrating science, innovation, and design, OSMED is helping shape the future of exploration while improving life here on our home planet.
At OSMED, we think that by continuing to push forward, by continuing to organize and measure the best of our abilities together, and by expanding access to human spaceflight we can rekindle the inspiration brought to so many people sixty years ago.
Your contribution helps ensure that human spaceflight remains a source of innovation, inspiration, and unity for generations to come.
Together, we can give people a hopeful future filled with the promise of space exploration.
Critical Challenges. Bold Solutions. OSMED White Papers.
OSMED white papers are concise, expert-driven reports that identify critical challenges and propose solutions at the intersection of space medicine, engineering, and design. They present rigorous analysis, forward-looking insights, and actionable recommendations to guide stakeholders — from researchers to mission planners — in addressing gaps in astronaut health, habitat systems, and mission architecture for future human spaceflight.
Examples include our work on closing health & performance system gaps for Artemis missions, enabling in-situ laboratory capabilities, and establishing new observational science norms for long-duration space travel.
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