Technical Briefs
Technical Briefs are available for standards that offer technical data, background, and application notes for vehicle developers and medical professionals. These tech briefs integrate content from multiple standards and provide a quick, informative resource to reference when working with NASA-STD-3001. Browse to view all technical briefs or explore by category to the right.
Human Physiology and Behavioral Health
Explore Human Physiology Behavioral and Health Technical Briefs. Select to view a specific technical brief PDF.
![human head profile](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/gettyimages-1171564921.jpeg?w=1024)
Behavioral Health and Performance
![NASA astronaut Sunita Williams exercises](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/iss032e011701-orig.jpeg?w=1024)
Bone Loss
![Pain in all joints illustration](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/gettyimages-1156927918.jpeg?w=1024)
Decompression Sickness (DCS)
![](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/iss2.jpg?w=1024)
Exercise Overview
![Space Food Systems Laboratory](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/jsc2011e212182.jpeg?w=1024)
Food and Nutrition
![](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ochmo-moon2mars.jpg?w=1024)
Mission Duration
![](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/crew-mortality-tile.jpeg?w=1024)
Mortality Related to Human Spaceflight
![SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is guided by four parachutes as it splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean on March 8, 2019](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/demo-1_crewdragon_splashdown.jpg?w=683)
Orthostatic Intolerance
![Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA takes a ride in a spinning chair](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/jsc2014e049624.jpeg?w=683)
Sensorimotor
![space toilet](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/evkmn5awsaad88a.jpeg?w=1024)
Waste Management
![floating sphere of water on ISS](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/iss062e004933.jpeg?w=1024)
Water
Medical Care
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Mishaps
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Vehicle Systems
Explore Vehicle Systems Technical Briefs. Select to view a specific technical brief PDF.
![Demo 1 Launch](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/dragonliftoff-1-0.jpeg?w=1024)
Acceleration
![validates the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/hhp-acoustics-testing-mockup-jsc2011e036197.jpeg?w=1024)
Acoustics
![lunar module on surface of moon](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/90968main-image-feature-232-jwfull.jpeg?w=1024)
Apollo Lunar Lander
![Illustration of SpaceX Starship human lander](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/spacex-starship-hls-artemis-iii-2-crew.jpeg?w=1024)
Artemis Lighting
![Two Robonaut models hold tools](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/edu_what_is_robonaut.jpg?w=1024)
Automated and Robotic Systems
![Orion spacecraft Interior](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/13173235-977722432297489-1366468873383635429-o.jpeg?w=1024)
Cabin Architecture
![Astronaut exercises on the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT)](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/iss-20-exercise-trivia.jpeg?w=1024)
Carbon Dioxide
![Astronauts work on the ISS](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/astronauts-at-work-on.jpeg?w=1024)
Cognitive Workload
![](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/iss056e011715orig.jpg?w=1024)
Design for Maintainability
![ECHO investigation hardware](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1-iss051e018997.jpeg?w=1024)
Electrical Shock
![The ECLSS purifies the crew’s waste -- including urine and sweat -- to provide consumable water to the astronauts.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1001903orig.jpeg?w=1024)
Environmental Control and Life Support System
!["The Martian Rover"](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/martian-vehicle.jpeg?w=1024)
Extraterrestrial Surface Transport Vehicles (Rovers)
![fine water mist portable fire extinguisher](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/fine-water-mist-portable-fire-extinguisher.jpeg?w=1024)
Fire Protection
![astronaut performs an oxygen uptake measurement session in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/habitable-atmosphere-tile.jpeg?w=1024)
Habitable Atmosphere
![Astronauts on Lunar Surface](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/astronauts-lunar-surface.png?w=1024)
Human-in-the-Loop (HITL)
![New LED Lighting on ISS](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/maxresdefault-7.jpeg?w=1024)
Lighting Design
![Artist rendition of astronaut inspecting dust on the lunar surface.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/dust-mitigation-2.jpg?w=1024)
Lunar Dust
![A petri dish contains colonies of fungi grown from a sample collected aboard the International Space Station.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/iss-mo1_plates_dinning_table_2.jpg?w=1024)
Microbiology in Space Overview
![](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/plantlighting.jpg?w=683)
Non-Ionizing Radiation
![Space Radiation](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/space-radiation-1.jpeg?w=760)
Radiation Protection
![Japanese astronaut in a sleeping bag attached to the racks in the Kibo laboratory](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sleepingiss-astronaut.jpeg?w=1024)
Sleep Accommodations
![Astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor using the microgravity science glovebox.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1-iss056e078402.jpeg?w=1024)
Touch Temperature
![Creative digital blue interface](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/gettyimages-1177116437.jpeg?w=1024)
Usability, Workload, Error
![NASA Tests Crew Exit Strategy for Orion](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/pa070325-0.jpeg?w=1024)
Vehicle Hatches
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Behavioral Health and Performance
Crew Selection and Recertification
Decompression & LEA Suit Mishaps
Environmental Control & Life Support System
Extraterrestrial Surface Transport Vehicles (Rovers)
Longitudinal Health Surveillance
Microbiology in Space Overview
Mortality Related to Human Spaceflight
Spaceflight Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome (SANS)