Phase-based behavioral readiness training spanning pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight¶

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Description¶

The review organizes behavioral readiness training by mission phase, with emphases shifting across phases. It states that "Pre-flight processes such as astronaut selection, team formation, stress resilience training, and development of inter- and intra-personal communication skills underpin the completion of the subsequent mission in LDS", shifting in-flight to maintenance of sleep management, workload distribution, and recovery, and post-flight to behavioral reconditioning supporting reintegration into terrestrial life.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Baseline assessments of fatigue and workload awareness and stress management before flight, plus self-reflection entrainment so crew members can identify their own tendencies

Constraints¶

• Post-flight, astronauts may struggle with circadian entrainment, social role reinstatement, identity transitions, and recovery of cognitive function

Target Learners¶

• astronaut crews across the full mission arc

Target Learning Goals¶

• stress management, communication skills, operational autonomy, post-mission reintegration

Related Strategies¶

• Stress inoculation training for crews operating without external support
• Team training with variable leadership roles and simulated communication delays

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Dickerson Broderick L., Gonzalez Drew E., Comfort Paul, Hardy John G., Hines Kelly E., Anderson Danielle N., Macaulay Timothy R., Stankovic Aleksandra, Twine Corey A. (2026). Spaceflight human optimization and performance: positioning astronauts in an operational framework to promote health, fitness, and mission readiness. Frontiers in Physiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2026.1950155