ALT UTMB leaders and guests gather as a ribbon is cut. Text announces the Department of Aerospace and Exploration Medicine is now open, marking its October 27, 2026, celebration in Galveston.

ALT Dr. Ronak Shah, inaugural chair of Aerospace and Exploration Medicine, speaks at the department opening. Text reads, ‘Exploration defines who we are,’ beside a diagram labeled west, summits, depths, and stars.

ALT Dr. J.D. Polk, NASA’s chief health and medical officer and a UTMB-trained aerospace medicine physician, delivers the Provost’s Lecture. Text reads, ‘Medicine in space, not space medicine.’ A diagram illustrates spaceflight, space-enabling, and space-enabled activities.

ALT Dr. Kristen Peek, senior vice president and dean of the School of Public and Population Health, attends the department opening. Text reads, ‘Set a standard wherever humanity ventures,’ beside an illustrated path from Earth toward orbit, the Moon, and Mars.

ALT Pressure dial titled "Trained across the whole dial," under the labels "Curriculum, 2027–28" and "Undersea + hyperbaric." The dial runs from 0 to 4 atmospheres absolute (ATA), with a needle at 1 ATA marked sea level. Values below 1 are labeled altitude and spaceflight, and values above 1 are labeled depth and chamber. Six rings show where the fellowship's training areas fall on the scale. Operational medicine spans 0 to 4, hypobaric medicine 0 to 1, alternobaric environments 0.5 to 2, dive medicine 1 to 4, hyperbaric medicine 2 to 3, and advanced wound care 2 to 2.4. The footer reads "Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship, 12 months, ACGME-accredited, apply by Nov. 16, UTMB.US/GTR" beside the UTMB Aerospace and Exploration Medicine logo.

ALT Staff announcement graphic on a dark navy grid. Text reads Welcome aboard, Sana Malik, business manager, UTMB Aerospace and Exploration Medicine. Her headshot sits in a circle at upper right, ringed by a dotted orbit line with a single orange marker. The UTMB Aerospace and Exploration Medicine logo and the department seal run along the bottom.

ALT Astronaut Jessica Meir, in a white spacesuit and helmet with a J.MEIR name patch, smiles from a reclined chair on the recovery ship's deck. Crew surgeon Dr. Rahul Suresh, in a blue flight suit with a stethoscope, leans in at left as three recovery team members in black help her.

ALT White graphic with orange text "New at the School of Public and Population Health" above the headline "Department of Aerospace and Exploration Medicine." UTMB School of Public and Population Health logo and the tagline "From the seas to the skies, we are public health." appear at the bottom.

ALT Light gray graphic titled "Now five departments" under the header "UTMB School of Public and Population Health." A numbered list shows: 01 Bioethics & Health Humanities, 02 Biostatistics & Data Science, 03 Epidemiology, 04 Population Health & Health Disparities, and 05 Aerospace & Exploration Medicine, highlighted in orange with a "New" tag.

ALT Navy-to-black gradient graphic illustrating a vertical line from "Orbit" at the top, through Earth's curved horizon at "Sea Level," down to "Depth" at the bottom, marked by an orange line and dotted segment. Text reads "Exploration runs in both directions." UTMB Department of Aerospace and Exploration Medicine appears at the bottom.

ALT Dark navy graphic with the label "Division of Aerospace Medicine" above the headline "Department of Aerospace and Exploration Medicine," with the word "Exploration" highlighted in orange. UTMB logo in the bottom right.

ALT Screenshot of NASA's live page showing a red LIVE badge, the headline "US Spacewalk 98," and a video player with two helmet camera feeds labeled "Anil Menon helmet camera (EV1)" and "Sophie Adenot helmet camera (EV2)" showing station hardware against the dark of space.