Flight Surgeons: Keeping A Healthy Crew

In the interview below, NASA Medical Flight Officer Steve Gilmore lends some insight into the job of a Flight Surgeon and how the ISS medical staff works to keep station astronauts healthy  – before, during, and after their missions. Gilmore discusses medical aspects from the selection of the astronaut corps to management of the numerous experiments astronauts are party to during their flights to helping crews adjust to their return to Earth.