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NASA Flight Surgeon Speaks to Unique Career Caring for Astronauts

Posted on March 19, 2025 (April 29, 2025) by U-M Space Institute

The University of Michigan Space Institute welcomed its first seminar speaker to Ann Arbor, Michigan during the 2024-2025 academic year to present "Caring for Astronauts, One Mission At a Time." An alumna of the University of Michigan Medical School, Dr. Natacha Chough spoke about her role as a NASA Flight Surgeon for an audience of students, alumni and guests.

U-M Space Institute Supports Space Medicine at ResearchPalooza and Wins Service Award

Posted on October 23, 2024 (December 11, 2024) by U-M Space Institute

The University of Michigan Space Institute participated at ResearchPalooza in September on the University of Michigan Medical School campus. During the event, experts from the U-M Space Institute raised awareness of existing opportunities for students, faculty, and university partners to engage in space medicine research and education.

CLAWS Student Member Shares Lessons from the NASA Suits Challenge

Posted on October 2, 2024 (October 23, 2024) by U-M Space Institute

The University of Michigan Collaborative Lab for Advancing Work in Space (CLAWS), a multidisciplinary student group that designs technology for human space exploration, participated in the NASA SUITS Challenge in May at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Matthew Hart, a Michigan student and member of CLAWS, participated in this year’s NASA Suits Challenge.

The Astronaut’s Doctor: Michigan Alumna Realizes Her Dream at NASA

Posted on February 13, 2017 (July 25, 2024) by U-M Space Institute

Natacha Chough (M.D. 2010) spent her childhood looking at the sky. There was something so inviting, so challenging about the immensity of space — and our place within it. She decided early on that she wanted to work at NASA.

During an undergraduate internship at NASA in 2000, Chough learned about aerospace medicine, a specialty Continue Reading »