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On our recent NASA-funded parabolic flights with partner Vital Space , A4H helped evaluate  Sotera Wireless 's new FDA-approved biomedical monitoring system in the microgravity environment in order to advance the safety of spaceflight for everyone. The first news media stories associated with A4H's second parabolic research project are out, and we'd like to share them with you. The principal investigators of the study doctors Komatireddy and Barrett from the Scripps Translational Science Institute were on three local news programs this week talking about the project's goals to better understand and monitor the human body's response to spaceflight. Their live interviews include footage of A4H flight members Reimuller and Shiro testing the Sotera device in microgravity. You can watch all three video segments below: KUSI TV Good Morning San Diego (also watch on YouTube ): KGTV ABC 10 News San Diego ( text here , also watch on YouTube ): KSWD FOX 5 News San Diego...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 29, 2012 Advancing safe space flight for everyone, Vital Space and Astronauts4Hire test innovative Biometric Monitoring Platform in Zero Gravity Houston, Texas – Vital Space and Astronauts4Hire completed a 4-day flight research campaign consisting of 160 microgravity parabolas to validate ViSi Mobile, a cutting-edge FDA-approved vital sign monitoring system. Astronauts4Hire flight members Jason Reimuller and Brian Shiro provided operational expertise and served as subjects in the study, which aims to leverage emerging innovations in mobile health technology for spaceflight applications. "Commercial spaceflight participants present a variety of opportunities for new biomedical research," said the project Principal Investigator Dr. Ravi Komatireddy, a KL2 clinician scholar in wireless medicine at the Scripps Translational Science Institute trained in Internal Medicine. "This flight campaign lays the groundwork for future experiments that aim to...

Last week Moonandback.com posted a 4-part interview filmed with A4H President Brian Shiro at the NSRC 2012 conference in Palo Alto, California. The interview covered topics related to the Astronauts4Hire organization and Shiro's personal astronaut ambitions. Moonandback has generously allowed us to included all four videos here for your viewing convenience. Part 1: Astronauts4Hire Part 2: The Right Stuff Part 3: One Astronaut’s Path Part 4: Bettering the Long Odds

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 3, 2012 "Astronauts for Hire" Book Available Now Tampa, Florida – Human spaceflight is no longer the sole preserve of professional astronauts working on government-funded space programs. As private companies build and operate launch new vehicles, a new breed of astronaut is coming into being – the commercial astronaut. Astronauts4Hire (A4H) Training Officer Dr. Erik Seedhouse ’s ninth book titled Astronauts for Hire: The Emergence of the Commercial Astronaut Corps ( ISBN 978-1-4614-0519-1 ) explores how this new breed of astronaut will be selected and trained, providing a unique insight into the kinds of missions and tasks that commercial astronauts will perform. " Astronauts for Hire will serve as a handbook and reference guide for the nascent commercial spaceflight industry and as a guidebook for research institutions and academia seeking to employ commercial astronauts," said author Erik Seedhouse. "It will provide spaceflight ...

We are proud to present Astronauts4Hire's second quarterly newsletter The A4H News . Highlights in this issue include interviews with A4H Training Officer Dr. Erik Seedhouse and former astronaut Col. Jim Voss , an announcement of the new book Astronauts for Hire , recaps of recent A4H activities, and the most important news in the commercial spaceflight industry. Click below to view the newsletter in full screen mode , or download the PDF . Like this? Sign up to receive email notifications for future issues of The A4H News , or contact us to learn about advertising opportunities. Did you miss the first issue of the newsletter? Check it out here !

In celebration of Women's History Month , NASA conducted a one day conference titled " Women, Innovation and Aerospace " (WIA) at George Washington University on March 8th. A4H Associate Member Kavya Manyapu represented Boeing at the event, which highlighted women's contributions to innovation and progress in the aerospace community. The conference also focused on issues and challenges faced by women in the aerospace workforce, which is primarily dominated by men. The aim of the conference was to inspire and encourage young girls to enter science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professions. In the photo below, Kayva (right) and her colleague are pictured with NASA Administrator and former astronaut Charles Bolden . According to a 2010 National Science Board study , women comprise less than 25% of the workforce in STEM fields. Women@NASA comprise one third of the space agency's employees, making NASA one of the largest employers of women aerospac...

The 2012 Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC) was held in Palo Alto, California last week. Like its predecessors that gave rise to Astronauts4Hire (A4H), this year's NSRC provided a stimulating environment for approximately 450 attendees to discuss research and educational applications on suborbital vehicles. A record 34 organizations, including A4H , sponsored the meeting, which boasted a rare keynote address by Apollo Astronaut and X-15 Test Pilot Neil Armstrong , who is pictured with A4H Flight Members Seedhouse, Shiro, Altman, and Reimuller below. Armstrong's participation in the conference signified the growing relevance and importance of suborbital spaceflight. More than a dozen A4H members and partners presented on a number of topics ranging from A4H's two years of remarkable growth to its commercial astronaut training programs . It seemed like hardly a session at the meeting passed without someone affiliated with A4H presenting. The photos ...