NASTAR Center
- Founded: 2007
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- Headquarters: Southampton, Pennsylvania, USA
Description: NASTAR Center offers high‑fidelity training and research services for civil aviation, military aviation, and spaceflight (both orbital & suborbital). It is FAA‑approved for commercial spaceflight training and specializes in human performance under acceleration, altitude, oxygen deprivation, spatial disorientation, etc.
Vision:
Become the global standard for commercial human spaceflight training & research, supporting the safe expansion of commercial space travel and aviation operations. (Inferred from their FAA‑approved status and broad offering).
Mission:
To optimize human performance and safety in extreme flight environments by providing physiology‑based training, realistic simulation, and research services.
Contact:
- Website: https://www.nastarcenter.com/
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References:
- NASTAR Center – About NASTAR Center page.
- NASTAR Center – Spaceflight Training Programs (Orbital & Suborbital) – “Orbital & Suborbital Human Spaceflight Training Programs” page.
- NASTAR Center – Space & Aviation Research Services page.
- “Got a Ticket to Space? You’ll Have to Train First” – Air & Space Magazine article about NASTAR’s centrifuge & private sector training.
Key Milestones:
- : Received FAA approval under 14 CFR Part 460.5 to meet commercial human spaceflight crew training requirements, certificate SA 10‑001.
- : Established in 2007; evolution of advanced human centrifuge training, altitude chambers, spatial disorientation devices etc.
- : Public acknowledgment through high visibility programs (e.g., Inspiration4 crew training) and media coverage.
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Products & Services:
- Spaceflight Training Programs: Suborbital & orbital participant and refresher training; advanced human spaceflight courses including emergency preparedness, high G (multi-axis), altitude chamber, decompression, etc
- Aviation Training: Civil & military training including Upset Prevention & Recovery (UPRT), spatial disorientation, hypoxia awareness, night vision, emergency egress.
- Research Services:: Physiological testing, exposure to motion, pressure, acceleration; offering in‑house engineering, fabrication, test subjects, synchronized physiological data, realistic test environments for biomedical / performance research.
- Experiential/Commercial Training:: Programs for private individuals / spaceflight participants to prepare for suborbital spaceflight, experience centrifuge runs, altitude chamber flights.