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NASA's CIPHER

NASA’s CIPHER Studies: Preparing Astronauts for Long-Duration Space Missions

As NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the Moon and eventually to Mars through the Artemis program, understanding how the human body adapts to the extreme conditions of space is more crucial than ever. To better equip astronauts for these extended missions, scientists are conducting an array of studies under a comprehensive research initiative known as the Complement of Integrated Protocols for Human Exploration Research (NASA’s CIPHER). This groundbreaking research aims to unravel the complex ways in which space