Build software that collects health indicators so astronauts on long missions can track radiation, bone, heart and behavioral health risks themselves and act on what they see.
Read the official challenge on spaceappschallenge.org
Individual astronaut health records are privacy-protected; plan on simulated crew data built from published ranges.
In order of how useful they are likely to be. These are suggestions, not the official resource list.
NASA OSDR (Ames)
Public spaceflight biology studies, including GeneLab omics and ALSDA physiology data, on bone loss, muscle, heart, immune and radiation effects. The search API returns study metadata as JSON; a separate Biological Data API supports detailed metadata queries.
endpoint https://osdr.nasa.gov/osdr/data/search
NASA CCMC (Goddard)
JSON records of solar flares, coronal mass ejections and solar energetic particle events, the space weather that drives astronaut radiation exposure. Queries are limited to 60-day windows.
endpoint https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/DONKI-API/get/SEP
NASA Johnson Space Center
Catalog of human and animal research from NASA missions, with study descriptions and measured variables. Some datasets are public, while privacy-protected astronaut data are available only through a formal data request.
endpoint https://nlsp.nasa.gov/explore/lsdahome
NASA STI Program
Search API over NASA technical reports, conference papers and journal articles, many with full-text PDFs. Over a thousand records match microgravity combustion, and it also covers mission design and spaceflight health.
endpoint https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/search
import requests
# Search public spaceflight biology studies (GeneLab + ALSDA)
params = {"term": "bone loss", "type": "cgene,alsda", "from": 0, "size": 5}
r = requests.get("https://osdr.nasa.gov/osdr/data/search", params=params, timeout=60)
r.raise_for_status()
hits = r.json()["hits"]
print("matching studies:", hits["total"])
for h in hits["hits"]:
s = h["_source"]
print(s.get("Accession"), "|", s.get("Study Title", "")[:80])import requests
# Search NASA technical reports on microgravity combustion
params = {"q": "microgravity flame spread spacecraft fire safety", "page.size": 5}
r = requests.get("https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/search", params=params, timeout=60)
r.raise_for_status()
data = r.json()
print("total matches:", data["stats"]["total"])
for rec in data["results"]:
print(rec["id"], "|", rec["title"][:90])
# Record page: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/<id>// Solar energetic particle events (a radiation hazard for crews).
// No key; CORS enabled; date window must be 60 days or less.
const url = "https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/DONKI-API/get/SEP" +
"?startDate=2026-08-06&endDate=2026-10-04";
const events = await fetch(url).then((r) => r.json());
console.log("SEP events:", events.length);
for (const e of events) {
const instruments = e.instruments.map((i) => i.displayName).join(", ");
console.log(e.eventTime, "|", instruments);
}
// Other event types: replace SEP with FLR (flares) or CME.Matched by theme. Study how they scoped the problem.