Crew Medical Support Office
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The primary function of medical operations, centred at the Space Medicine Office[1] (SMO) in the European Astronaut Centre, Cologne, Germany, is to maximize the operational effectiveness and minimize risks to the health of the European astronauts involved in human space flight . Furthermore, SMO also functions as a means of support to ESA astronaut families throughout their careers.
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In order to fulfill this function SMO provides flight surgeon services in combination with direct biomedical engineer support. To be fully effective these key areas of service provision require additional in-house supporting elements namely; exercise science, rehabilitation, IT and project management capabilities.[2]