S85-36966 (10 July 1985) --- Teacher Sharon Christa McAuliffe prepares to test her lung capacity during medical examinations at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) clinic. Photo credit: NASA

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-114 Mission Commander Eileen Collins speaks to guests during the dedication of a hospital wing at the V.A. Outpatient Clinic in Viera, Fla., in honor of space shuttle Discovery, to be known as the Discovery wing. Joining in the dedication are, seated at left, Center Director Jim Kennedy and Dr. Thomas Howard who is chief medical officer of the clinic. Collins and her crew have returned to Florida especially for a celebration in the KSC Visitor Complex of the successful return to flight mission that launched July 26 of this year.

Dr. Rafat Ansari and James King testing their dynamic light scattering clinical device in NASA's Vision Research Laboratory at NASA Glenn. The objective is to diagnose eye diseases non-invasively long before the clinical symptoms appear and help find non-surgical medical treatments. The device shown was recently used in humans by ophthalmologists and scientists for the study of early onset of cataracts.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the V.A. Outpatient Clinic in Viera, Fla., Center Director Jim Kennedy (center) and STS-114 Commander Eileen Collins (right) stand next to the space shuttle Discovery launch photo presented to Dr. Thomas Howard (far left) as part of the dedication of a hospital wing in honor of space shuttle Discovery, to be known as the Discovery wing. Howard is chief medical officer of the clinic. Collins and her crew have returned to Florida especially for a celebration in the KSC Visitor Complex of the successful return to flight mission that launched July 26 of this year.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-114 Mission Commander Eileen Collins (left) is greeted at the entrance to the V.A. Outpatient Clinic in Viera, Fla., by Dr. Thomas Howard (center), chief medical officer, and Dr. Michael Doukas (right), chief of staff with the Orlando V.A. Medical Center. Collins is participating in the dedication of a hospital wing in honor of space shuttle Discovery, to be known as the Discovery wing. Collins and her crew have returned to Florida especially for a celebration in the KSC Visitor Complex of the successful return to flight mission that launched July 26 of this year.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Jim Kennedy (far left) and STS-114 Mission Commander Eileen Collins (center) present a photo of the launch of Discovery to Dr. Thomas Howard, chief medical officer of the V.A. Outpatient Clinic in Viera, Fla. The presentation is part of the dedication of a hospital wing in honor of space shuttle Discovery, to be known as the Discovery wing. Collins and her crew have returned to Florida especially for a celebration in the KSC Visitor Complex of the successful return to flight mission that launched July 26 of this year.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Thomas Howard, chief medical officer at the V.A. Outpatient Clinic in Viera, Fla., speaks to guests during the dedication of a hospital wing in honor of space shuttle Discovery, to be known as the Discovery wing. Joining in the dedication are, seated at left, STS-114 Mission Commander Eileen Collins, Norris Gray and Center Director Jim Kennedy. Gray was a long-time employee of Kennedy Space Center, in charge of fire safety from 1949 until his retirement in 1984. Collins and her crew have returned to Florida especially for a celebration in the KSC Visitor Complex of the successful return to flight mission that launched July 26 of this year.

jsc2022e062020 (6/30/2022) --- Space Health will create a digital twin of the astronaut from the data collected by the Bio-Monitor and demonstrate how this could be used for autonomous health monitoring on future space missions. (Image courtesy of CSA)