{"id":623662,"date":"2024-02-28T15:34:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T20:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=reference&p=623662"},"modified":"2024-03-14T10:33:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:33:28","slug":"about-cipher","status":"publish","type":"reference","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/reference\/about-cipher\/","title":{"rendered":"About CIPHER"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" aria-expanded=\"false\" 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The research will help NASA prepare astronauts for missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-flex flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-flex flex-align-center label-inter color-carbon-60 margin-right-2 desktop:margin-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"square-2 margin-right-1\" viewBox=\"0 0 600 600\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M293 .1C131.3 3.5-.5 136.4.1 300.1c-.7 162.7 132 301.1 302.2 299.9 165.8-1.1 299.2-136.6 297.6-303.2C598.3 132.5 462.9-3.5 293 .1zm8.9 570.6C151.5 571.8 30.6 451.1 29.2 302.4c-1.4-149.6 119.7-273.2 270.9-273 144.2-.2 266.7 114.2 270.4 263.7 3.8 153.2-117.9 276.5-268.6 277.6z\"\/><path d=\"M444.1 450.4c-67.3.1-134.5.1-201.8.1-15.9 0-31.8.1-47.7-.1-7-.1-12.6-4.5-14.4-11-1.9-6.6.4-13.4 6.9-16.6 3.8-1.9 8.5-2.7 12.7-2.8 81.6-.2 163.2-.1 244.7 0 3.9 0 5.6-.6 5.5-5.1-.1-96.5-.1-193.1 0-289.6 0-4.4-1.5-5.3-5.5-5.3-15.7.2-31.5.1-47.2.1-6.8 0-6.8 0-6.8 6.6v167.5c0 1.8-.2 3.5-.3 5.3-.5.2-1.1.5-1.6.7-14.6-14.7-29.2-29.4-45.1-45.4l-44.1 44.1V120.7c-1.7-.2-3-.5-4.2-.5-28.5 0-56.9-.4-85.4.1-34.3.6-59.6 26-59.7 60.1-.3 85.1-.1 170.2-.1 255.3 0 8.3 2.2 16 6.7 23 9.2 14.5 22.7 21.3 39.7 21.4 35.3.1 70.6 0 105.9 0 47.5 0 95.1 0 142.6.1 3.6 0 5.1-.8 4.9-4.8-.3-6.3-.4-12.7 0-19.1.5-4.8-1.2-5.9-5.7-5.9z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Encyclopedia<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label-inter color-carbon-60\">Updated Feb 28, 2024<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-5 desktop:padding-left-5 padding-top-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cipher-spacewalk.png?w=799\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cipher-spacewalk.png 799w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cipher-spacewalk.png?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cipher-spacewalk.png?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cipher-spacewalk.png?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cipher-spacewalk.png?resize=600,399 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Before astronauts embark on a multi-year venture to Mars, NASA must learn everything possible about how humans adapt to long-duration missions in space. That\u2019s why the agency developed the Complement of Integrated Protocols for Human Exploration Research program, or CIPHER.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CIPHER takes a full-body approach, investigating how multiple systems in the body react to spaceflight over increasingly longer mission durations. To this end, CIPHER includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Fourteen studies conducted across short-duration missions (less than ~3.5 months), standard-duration missions (between ~3.5 to ~8 months), and extended-duration missions (longer than ~8 months), and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As many as 30 astronauts that will contribute to all 14 CIPHER studies, with up to 10 astronauts contributing to each mission-duration category. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The 14 CIPHER studies involve careful examination of how spaceflight affects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Bone and joint health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The brain and behavior<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The cardiovascular system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exercise performance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sensorimotor systems, including how astronauts maintain balance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vision<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biomarkers of muscle, bone, vascular, and organ health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The studies will be performed before, during, and after flight. Data will be gathered from participating astronauts through biological samples, eye and vision exams, cognition and behavioral tests, cardiovascular exercises, ultrasounds, MRIs, and other technologies and techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These data will be combined with baseline information taken from all astronauts as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/spaceflight-standard-measures-characterizing-how-humans-adapt-in-space\">Standard Measures<\/a> project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All data will then be fully integrated into one set, so that scientists can gain a comprehensive view of how increasingly longer missions affect the entire human body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Points<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As NASA plans for future Artemis missions to the Moon and elsewhere, CIPHER will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Enable researchers to identify trends in how humans adapt to spaceflight across different mission durations,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Help scientists predict what will happen to individuals and crews as a whole, both physiologically and psychologically, on a venture to the Red Planet, and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide NASA with information necessary to develop strategies that will keep astronauts safe, healthy, and productive during missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-card-carousel padding-x-4 padding-y-5 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-card-carousel\">\t<div class=\"hds-card-carousel-header grid-container grid-container-widescreen padding-x-3\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"section-heading-sm line-height-sm\">Learn More About CIPHER<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col display-flex flex-align-center desktop:flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"hds-card-carousel-cards grid-container grid-container-widescreen padding-x-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-cards-included position-relative  hds-card-type-custom hds-card-type-custom hds-card-type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-carousel-slider\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-card-custom hds-card color-carbon-black display-flex flex-column margin-bottom-5 \"><div class=\"hds-card-inner\"><div class=\"hds-card-thumbnail hds-card-hover-zoom-image margin-bottom-2 bg-carbon-black\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cipher.png?w=985\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); 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