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iRATS Fact Sheet
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 The new iRATS study began at NASA in the fall of 2010, and concluded in Spring 2011. A longer version of the study is now in effect, known as the CFT!
See the sZLS or "Standalone Zero Gravity Locomotion Simulator" in action, and read about the on the full study details on the Pillownaut Blog.  This amazing "Vertical Treadmill" is the Earth analog version of the infamous COLBERT Treadmill on the International Space Station.
Another major feature of the new study is the Horizontal Exercise Fixture (HEF), which provides resistance training.
More resources, photographs and videos are available on the iRATS Facebook page if you think you might be interested in joining this study. 
Participants must undergo a detailed screening process and if invited into the program, are eligible to make $160 per day for the duration of any study.
 

Other NASA Research Study Articles : 1960 to 2010
  
1 9 6 0 - N A S A, Texas : Bed Pilot Pioneer Duane Graveline
 
1 9 6 6 - Dallas Southwestern Medical School : Bed Rest and Training Study
 
1 9 6 8 - N A S A, California : 1960s Bed Pilots in San Francisco
 
1 9 7 3 - N A S A, California : 1970s Bed Pilots - Including longest-ever bedrest volunteer
 
2 0 0 1 - Moscow, Russia : Weightlessness Study at the Institute for Biomedical Problems
 
2 0 0 2 - WIRED Science : Lying Down IS The Job at European Space Agency Medes Clinic
 
2 0 0 5 - Science Daily : Bedrest for Terrestrial Female Astronauts in Toulouse, France
 
2 0 0 6 - N A S A, Texas : One Man's Rest Is Another Man's Research - UTMB, Galveston
 
2 0 0 7 - N A S A, Ohio : National Space Biomedical Research Institute Bedrest & Exercise Study
 
2 0 0 7 - N A S A, Washington: NASA-Funded Study Finds Exercise Could Help Women on Bedrest
 
2 0 0 8 - N A S A, Ohio : Glenn Research Center Uses Vertical Treadmill To Improve Astronaut Health in Space
 
2 0 0 8 - WIRED Science / N A S A, Texas : Scientist Answers Your Questions About Lying In Bed for 90 Days
 
2 0 0 8 - FOX Houston / N A S A, Texas : Test Subjects Paid to Stay In Bed Three Straight Months
 
2 0 0 8 - CNN / N A S A, Ohio : Bone Loss Test Sends Man To Bed For 84 Days
 
2 0 0 8 - N A S A, Texas : Lying Around For NASA
 
2 0 0 9 - MOON Daily, Houston, Texas : The Lunar Analog Study
 
2 0 0 9 - WIRED Science :  Do You Have the Right Stuff to Be a NASA Pillownaut?
 
2 0 0 9 - FOX Houston / N A S A, Texas : Woman Returns for Second NASA Study
 
2 0 0 9 - Popular Science Magazine :  Pillownaut Stays in Bed for the Sake of Science
 
2 0 0 9 - Universe Today:  Go To Bed For NASA
 
2 0 1 0 - SMART Planet:  50 Days in Bed For Science: Inside NASA's Bed Rest Study