Long-duration spaceflight adversely affects astronaut piloting performance.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 Oct 2024
11 Oct 2024
Historique:
received:
09
05
2024
accepted:
20
09
2024
medline:
12
10
2024
pubmed:
12
10
2024
entrez:
11
10
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
A group of highly experienced pilots performed full-motion, simulated T-38 landings before and after extended missions aboard the International Space Station (ISS). On the day of return from the ISS pilots' performance was degraded on the initial landing attempt, with difficulty maintaining altitude during banking turns and navigational errors, which affected touchdown parameters such as touchdown speed, height over runway threshold and touchdown distance from the runway threshold. A positive result was that all pilots successfully completed a second landing attempt on the same day, suggesting a rapid recovery of performance once exposed to the task at hand. These results are consistent with a previous study that demonstrated significant deficits in post-flight driving performance, and both the pilot and driver subjects' performance recovered to pre-flight levels within four days of return from the ISS. We propose that the primary factors underlying the post-flight performance deficits were the inability to respond appropriately to gravitational and visual tilts and a reduction in multitasking ability.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39394339
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-73798-7
pii: 10.1038/s41598-024-73798-7
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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IM
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23839Subventions
Organisme : NASA
ID : NNX09AL14G/NNX12AM25G
Pays : United States
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© 2024. The Author(s).
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