Houston, Texas... NASA has agreed with AmeriSciences® to participate in a joint venture with NASA scientists to develop and test nutritional supplements intended for astronauts to use during earth-bound conditioning and in-flight physical maintenance. The Space Act Agreement between NASA and AmeriSciences sets the stage for the development of two products: a complete multivitamin regimen for general astronaut health and a specialized supplemental vitamin for in-flight nutritional needs.

Out of a need for providing increased nutritional support for long duration space flight, NASA has spent the last couple of years compiling scientific data on the basis of an astronaut-specific multivitamin formulation, with similarities to the AmeriSciences Men’s Master-Multi formulation.

The Space Act Agreement sets forth both short-term and long-term objectives for both parties. These include not only the co-development of the supplement formulations, but shared responsibilities for extensive product testing, participation in project reports, identification and assessment of related technologies, and participation in demonstrations and other activities of mutual interest.