Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
STEM-Talk welcomes the former chief scientist of NASA’s Human Research Program, Dr. Mark Shelhamer, who specializes in neurovestibular adaptation to spaceflight.He is an otolaryngology professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the director of the school’s Human Spaceflight Lab. He also the director and founder of the Bioastronautics at Hopkins initiative.
In addition to his work with NASA, Shelhamer is an advisor to the commercial and consumer spaceflight industry. In this interview, Shelhamer talks about some of this work as well as the research he conducted on the first all-civilian crew that successfully orbited the Earth for three days in a SpaceX capsule.
Shelhamer shares more about how the harsh conditions of space imperil humans. We have a fascinating discussion about his role in NASA’s planned human mission to Mars and how he is investigating ways to maintain the health and performance of astronauts on such a long-duration spaceflight. We also discuss how the lessons of human spaceflight can be applied to human healthcare on Earth.
Full shownotes: ihmc.us/stemtalk/episode-152
00:00 Intro
00:02:42 Dawn starts the interview
01:31:48 Ending of Interview
STEM-Talk welcomes the former chief scientist of NASA’s Human Research Program, Dr. Mark Shelhamer, who specializes in neurovestibular adaptation to spaceflight.He is an otolaryngology professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the director of the school’s Human Spaceflight Lab. He also the director and founder of the Bioastronautics at Hopkins initiative.
In addition to his work with NASA, Shelhamer is an advisor to the commercial and consumer spaceflight industry. In this interview, Shelhamer talks about some of this work as well as the research he conducted on the first all-civilian crew that successfully orbited the Earth for three days in a SpaceX capsule.
Shelhamer shares more about how the harsh conditions of space imperil humans. We have a fascinating discussion about his role in NASA’s planned human mission to Mars and how he is investigating ways to maintain the health and performance of astronauts on such a long-duration spaceflight. We also discuss how the lessons of human spaceflight can be applied to human healthcare on Earth.
Full shownotes: ihmc.us/stemtalk/episode-152
00:00 Intro
00:02:42 Dawn starts the interview
01:31:48 Ending of Interview
