Topic: Human Factors and Complex Engineering Systems in Space Exploration

As humanity embarks on deep-space missions, ensuring astronaut health, mission autonomy, and sustainable life-support systems remains a formidable challenge. The complexity of human spaceflight necessitates the seamless integration of aerospace engineering, artificial intelligence, biomedicine, and materials science to enhance astronaut performance, safety, and mission success.

This Special Issue explores cutting-edge advancements at the intersection of human-centered engineering and complex space systems. It focuses on critical challenges such as autonomous spacecraft operations, space health monitoring, bio-regenerative life support, and in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) for long-duration missions. The issue highlights innovative AI-driven decision-making frameworks, robotics for astronaut assistance, microgravity medical interventions, and novel materials for space habitats and radiation shielding.

By bridging disciplines, this Special Issue aims to foster transformative solutions that push the frontiers of deep-space exploration. We welcome contributions from researchers in aerospace engineering, robotics, artificial intelligence, biomedicine, materials science, and other relevant fields, addressing both fundamental research and practical applications for future lunar and Martian habitats.

Topics of Interest

• AI-driven autonomous decision-making for spacecraft and habitat management
• Advanced robotics and haptics for astronaut support and spacecraft maintenance
• Space health monitoring, biomedical countermeasures, and human adaptation to microgravity
• Bio-regenerative life support systems and closed-loop habitat sustainability
• Advanced materials for radiation shielding, thermal protection, and in-space manufacturing
• AI-enhanced human-computer interaction for mission-critical systems
• Space surgery, remote medical interventions, and telemedicine for deep-space missions
• Structural health monitoring and predictive maintenance for spacecraft and space habitats
• ISRU technologies for oxygen, water, and fuel production to support long-term exploration
• Psychological and cognitive resilience strategies for astronauts in isolated environments

We invite academics, research students, and professionals to submit their original work. Extended conference papers with at least 50% new content are also welcome.

Deep-space exploration, human factors, autonomous spacecraft, AI in space, space robotics, astronaut health, bio-regenerative life support, in-situ resource utilization, space medicine, autonomous systems