Mission-Ready Medicine for the Future of Spaceflight
The Next Frontier in Healthcare
Human spaceflight is entering a new era. Government agencies, private companies, and research institutions are making plans for accelerating missions beyond low-Earth orbit, building stations and lunar habitats, and developing long-duration programs. Each mission requires continuous, reliable, and specialized healthcare, driving the need to rethink the medical infrastructure needed to support these missions.
OrbitalMed was formed to protect human health across microgravity environments — and to apply the lessons learned to Earth-based environments.
The Missing Infrastructure Behind
Commercial Spaceflight
The current healthcare systems built for the astronaut corps were never designed for today’s mission volume and commercial scale. They do not support the new diversity of crew health and medical conditions. The care provided by legacy government programs and private consultants is fragmented. And none of them share common standards. OrbitalMed’s services and integrated approach are designed to close that gap in on-orbit medicine and training.
Artist’s conception of possible future OrbitalMed installations.
A New Market Is Launching.
Healthcare must launch with it.
The commercial space economy is creating an entirely new category of healthcare demand. From pre-flight screening and medical certification to in-flight oversight and post-mission care, OrbitalMed is positioned at the intersection of aerospace medicine, human performance, and the future of human spaceflight.
Our Solution
OrbitalMed was founded by former NASA astronaut physicians, flight surgeons, and aerospace industry leaders to provide government and commercial space travelers with the medical oversight needed for safe and successful missions. These leaders have leveraged their medical training and spaceflight experience to deliver specialized medical expertise that enhances safety and the on-orbit experience.
OrbitalMed is designed to guide prospective space travelers through a streamlined yet thorough health assessment process leading to medical certification for spaceflight. In a new era of space travel, our goal is to provide continuity of care before, during, and after the flight.
