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We have completed the fourth year of the project. Last year, we addressed Aims 1 and 2 by refining agent-based models and generating test case scenarios for crew and mission control. We also completed the design and development of the TEAMSTaR dashboard. During this past year, we completed data collection in the NASA Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA) Campaign 7 (C7) with the aim of validating the refined user interface and models (Aims 3 and 4).
Aim 1 (refining the agent-based model looking at relevant input characteristics and their ability to predict team outcomes, including team performance) and Aim 2 (identifying and elaborating the scientific rationale for attributes used within the model).
Last year, we finalized the agent-based model (ABM) and a list of attributes to predict team outcomes, as well as test case scenarios which were implemented in HERA C7. This year, the combined ABM and performance prediction model was implemented in data collection on a weekly basis, based on data collected pre-mission and in-mission from a collection of surveys. We used the ABMs to generate 22 sets of 4 crew networks (leadership, hindrance, positive affect, and shared mental models) from four unique crews. From each set of simulated networks, we generated two scenarios, containing multiple performance projections. Crews and ground support personnel (GSP) interacted with the performance projections on a weekly basis when performing the TEAMSTaR decision-making activity in-mission.
Aim 3 (develop and validate TEAMSTaR, a Team Composition decision support system and user interface) and Aim 4 (validate the refined model using a software prototype in at least one extended-duration, isolated, and confined analog).
We simulated crew relations and generated performance predictions on a weekly basis in-mission, and crews performed a series of three linked activities each week. First, the crew would perform a decision making activity using the TEAMSTaR dashboard, then the crew would perform a shared activity that was selected between two options, and then the crew would perform an operational task in pairs that were selected from the three possible arrangements. We collected data from four missions, with M3 being impacted such that data was not collected before MD13. We collected complete mission data from missions 1, 2, and 4. We collected user experience data, team outcomes, and performance data from the crews based on the activities they performed.
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Abstracts for Journals and Proceedings
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Chan M, DeChurch L, Contractor N. "PRISM: Performance Reimagined in Spaceflight Multiteam Systems." 2025 NASA Human Research Program Investigators' Workshop, Galveston, Texas, January 28-31, 2025. Poster. Abstracts. 2025 NASA Human Research Program Investigators' Workshop, Galveston, Texas, January 28-31, 2025. , Jan-2025
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Abstracts for Journals and Proceedings
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Chan M, Sudarsan S, DeChurch L, Lungeanu A, Bell S, Contractor N. "Paired for success: Operationally building crew communication." 2025 NASA Human Research Program Investigators' Workshop, Galveston, Texas, January 28-31, 2025. Poster. Abstracts. 2025 NASA Human Research Program Investigators' Workshop, Galveston, Texas, January 28-31, 2025. , Jan-2025
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Abstracts for Journals and Proceedings
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Contractor N, Chan M, Lungeanu A, DeChurch L, Bell S. "TEAMSTaR: Supporting resilient teams to go the distance." 2025 NASA Human Research Program Investigators' Workshop, Galveston, Texas, January 28-31, 2025. Abstracts. 2025 NASA Human Research Program Investigators' Workshop, Galveston, Texas, January 28-31, 2025. , Jan-2025
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Abstracts for Journals and Proceedings
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Qian N, Chan M, Lungeanu A, DeChurch L, Bell S, Contractor N. "Improving space mission success through team state-building activities." 2025 NASA Human Research Program Investigators' Workshop, Galveston, Texas, January 28-31, 2025. Poster. Abstracts. 2025 NASA Human Research Program Investigators' Workshop, Galveston, Texas, January 28-31, 2025. , Jan-2025
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Abstracts for Journals and Proceedings
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Contractor N, Lungeanu A, DeChurch L, Chan M. "Teams that SIRIUSly go the distance: Effect of isolation and confinement on team performance." 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Milan, Italy, Oct 14-18, 2024. IAC 2024 Congress Proceedings, 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Milan, Italy, Oct 14-18, 2024. , Oct-2024
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Abstracts for Journals and Proceedings
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DeChurch L, Lungeanu A, Chan M, Contractor N. "Leading the crew to Mars: Evidence from NASA HERA analog crews." 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Milan, Italy, Oct 14-18, 2024. IAC 2024 Congress Proceedings, 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Milan, Italy, Oct 14-18, 2024. , Oct-2024
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Abstracts for Journals and Proceedings
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Chan M, Contractor N, Begerowski S, Bell S, Cao H, Kush J, Mathieu J. "Text to teamwork: Decoding team dynamics with computer-aided text analysis." 2024 SIOP Annual Conference, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL, April 17-20, 2024. Alternative Session Type. Abstracts. 2024 SIOP Annual Conference, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL, April 17-20, 2024. , Apr-2024
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Abstracts for Journals and Proceedings
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Chan M, Contractor N, DeChurch L. "Leadership signatures in spaceflight multiteam systems." 2024 SIOP Annual Conference, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL, April 17-20, 2024. Abstracts. 2024 SIOP Annual Conference, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL, April 17-20, 2024. , Apr-2024
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Articles in Peer-reviewed Journals
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Contractor N, DeChurch L. "We are a go for launch! Working with NASA to forecast and improve team dynamics in space missions." J Appl Commun Res. 2025 Apr;53(1):62-5. https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2025.2472813 , Apr-2025
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