Table of Contents
Foreword vii
Acknowledgments ix
Chapter 1. Introduction: Psychology and the U.S. Space Program 1
Albert A. Harrison, Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis
Edna R. Fiedler, National Space Biomedical Research Institute, Baylor College
of Medicine
Section I: Surviving and Thriving in Extreme Environments
Chapter 2. Behavioral Health 17
Albert A. Harrison, Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis
Edna R. Fiedler, National Space Biomedical Research Institute, Baylor College
of Medicine
Chapter 3. From Earth Analogs to Space: Getting There from Here 47
Sheryl L. Bishop, Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
and School of Nursing, University of Texas Medical Branch
Chapter 4. Patterns in Crew-Initiated Photography of Earth from the
ISS—Is Earth Observation a Salutogenic Experience? 79
Julie A. Robinson, Office of the ISS Program Scientist, National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Kelley J. Slack, Behavioral Health and Performance Research, Wyle Laboratories
Valerie A. Olson, Department of Anthropology, Rice University
Michael H. Trenchard, Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, Engineering and
Science Contract Group (ESCG), NASA JSC
Kimberly J. Willis, Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, ESCG, NASA JSC
Pamela J. Baskin, Behavioral Health and Performance Research, Wyle Laboratories
Jennifer E. Boyd, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San
Francisco; and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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