NASA Demands Medical Checkups for Astronaut Diving Guests
Published Date: 6/3/2026
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Summary
NASA is renewing the JSC Form 1830, which collects medical exam info for guest divers at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. If you want to dive with astronauts or media, you’ll need a recent medical check to keep everyone safe. Comments on this paperwork are open until August 3, 2026, with no new costs involved—just a smooth way to keep space training diving-ready!
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One-year dive physical required
If you want to dive as a guest at NASA Johnson Space Center's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, you must present a dive physical completed within one year of the targeted diving opportunity for review by the NBL Dive Physician. A completed JSC Form 1830 with applicable test results must be submitted before you may participate in diving activities.
New exam required if no accepted physical
If a guest diver does not have a current U.S. Navy, Association of Diving Contractors (ADC), or current British commercial diving physical, they must complete a medical examination performed by a certified Diving Medical Examiner and document the results on JSC Form 1830. The associated cost for that medical exam will vary, typically based on the guest diver's insurance.
Paperwork time burden estimate
NASA estimates this information collection will have 30 annual responses, with each response taking about 90 minutes, totaling an estimated 45 burden hours per year. The method of collection is paper.
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