Psychology of Space Exploration
Positive psychology, 44, 147
Positive reactions, 80, 86, 101, 147, 151, 153,
160–161, 164–165, 167–170, 172, 199
changes in values, 199
personal growth, 86
Power distance, 188, 190
Privacy, 22, 58, 125, 181
Progress, 87, 174
Psychiatrists, vii, 1, 23, 37, 42
Psychological research, vii
confidentiality, need for, 25
involving astronauts in, 31
unobtrusive, 45
Psychological support, 1, 13, 17, 41–42
Psychological testing, 202
applicant screening, 198
history of, in space program, 4
Psychologists, vii, 1, 42, 44, 147
Psychology, 15, 42
astronauts as research subjects, 149
personality, social, and organizational,
1, 6
positive, 44, 199–200
Psychophysiological Aspects of Space Flight
(Bernard Flaherty), 8
Psychophysiology, 144, 147
Psychosocial adjustment, 1, 17
Psychosocial factors, 125
confinement, 49, 52, 54–55, 58–59, 61,
66–67, 69, 71–73, 75, 126
isolation, 49, 52, 54–55, 58–59, 61, 67,
70–73, 75, 126
Psychotherapy, 202
Public relations, 24–25, 156
Reagan, Ronald W., 20
“Red hands” disease, 149, 179
Remek, Vladimir, 149–151, 179
Research, 7, 10, 13, 16, 25, 36, 43, 45, 152
archived, 81
collection, 100
data, 80–82, 86–87, 89–91, 97,
100–101
Ride, Sally, 41, 130
Right Stuff, The (Tom Wolfe)/right stuff, 17,
23–33, 41, 60, 61, 119, 198
Ritsher, Jennifer Boyd, 152, 180, 189, 202.
See also Boyd, Jennifer
Robinson, Julie A., 13, 200, 211–212
Robotics, 13
Rogers, Buck, 8
Romania, 179
Royal Navy, 63
Russia, 20, 146–147, 149–154, 156–158, 162,
164–165, 167, 169–174
Russian Academy of Sciences, 83
Russian Institute for Space Research (IKI), 74
Russian space program, 6, 26–27, 143, 145–
152, 154, 157, 159, 162, 164–165, 168,
170–174
NASA and, views of psychology, 32–33
space race and, 25, 32, 144–145,
174–175
space stations and, 154
Russian space stations
Mir, 1, 11–12, 17, 20, 22, 26, 29,
31–33, 45, 83, 130, 143, 150–151,
153–154, 169, 171, 173, 177, 181,
198
Salyut, 7, 26, 32, 65–66, 130–131, 149–
150, 177
Rutan, Burt L., 104
Ryan, Craig, 7
Safe Passage: Astronaut Care for Exploration
Missions (John R. Ball and Charles H.
Evans, Jr., eds.), 11, 17, 22, 43, 49
Salutogenic experiences, 72, 80, 86, 101, 147,
199–200
Salyut, 32, 130, 149–150, 177
Salyut 7, 26, 65–66, 131
Samaltedinov, I., 2
Samsonov, N. D., 32
Sandal, Gro M., 15, 59, 71, 116, 212
Santy, Patricia R., 6–7, 35–37, 128
São Paulo, Brazil, 97
Savitskaya, Svetlana, 130–131
Scaled Composites, LLC, 103–104