{"id":151973,"date":"2026-03-31T11:50:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=151973"},"modified":"2026-03-31T11:50:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:50:41","slug":"artemis-ii-brings-unique-space-medicine-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/artemis-ii-brings-unique-space-medicine-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Artemis II Brings Unique Space Medicine Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA\u2019s upcoming Artemis II mission will witness astronauts orbiting the moon for the first time in more than half a century \u2014 providing new opportunities for space medicine research, UCF experts say.<\/p>\n

The mission will include multiple health studies on the four astronauts to determine how radiation, microgravity, isolation and other factors impact their physical health, mind and behavior \u2014 crucial information that will help pave the way for future lunar surface missions and develop our understanding about humans\u2019 deep space capabilities.<\/p>\n

Thanks to new technology and modern medicine, researchers have better ways to understand the impact of space flight on human health.<\/p>\n

\u201cArtemis II is both a historic and biomedically important mission,\u201d says  Emmanuel Urquieta, the UCF College of Medicine\u2019s vice chair for aerospace medicine and director of the university\u2019s new Center for Aerospace and Extreme Environments Medicine (CASEEM).<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the first time since Apollo 17, humans will travel beyond the Earth\u2019s magnetic field. That matters enormously from a research perspective, because now we have technology to thoroughly understand the health impact of embarking into deep space. The knowledge gained from Artemis II will help shape the future of safe human space exploration and drive innovations that can benefit medicine here on Earth and help us start preparing us for a mission to Mars.\u201d<\/p>\n