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DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.SpaceCHI.2025.3

Multidimensional Usability Assessment in Spaceflight Analog Missions

Authors: Shivang Shelat, Katherine E. Homer, John A. Karasinski, and Jessica J. Marquez

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 130, Advancing Human-Computer Interaction for Space Exploration (SpaceCHI 2025)

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Software planning tools enable the self-scheduling of operational timelines during spaceflight, reducing reliance on ground support crews. Here, we assess analog crew perceptions of a planning tool’s usability across two space mission analogs with two validated questionnaires: the unidimensional System Usability Scale and the multidimensional User Experience Questionnaire. Critically, half the missions had assistive countermeasures integrated into the planning software interface whereas the other half did not. Correlation tests revealed high convergence between usability measures in the spaceflight analog setting. Group comparisons showed that the interface countermeasures enhanced several dimensions of usability, particularly for perceptions of the tool’s efficiency and dependability. These findings highlight the utility of a multidimensional approach to characterizing usability in order to capture fine-grained shifts in human-software dynamics, especially in spaceflight environments.

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Shivang Shelat, Katherine E. Homer, John A. Karasinski, and Jessica J. Marquez. Multidimensional Usability Assessment in Spaceflight Analog Missions. In Advancing Human-Computer Interaction for Space Exploration (SpaceCHI 2025). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 130, pp. 3:1-3:9, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)

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@InProceedings{shelat_et_al:OASIcs.SpaceCHI.2025.3,
  author =	{Shelat, Shivang and Homer, Katherine E. and Karasinski, John A. and Marquez, Jessica J.},
  title =	{{Multidimensional Usability Assessment in Spaceflight Analog Missions}},
  booktitle =	{Advancing Human-Computer Interaction for Space Exploration (SpaceCHI 2025)},
  pages =	{3:1--3:9},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-384-3},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{130},
  editor =	{Bensch, Leonie and Nilsson, Tommy and Nisser, Martin and Pataranutaporn, Pat and Schmidt, Albrecht and Sumini, Valentina},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.SpaceCHI.2025.3},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-239934},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.SpaceCHI.2025.3},
  annote =	{Keywords: space usability, crew autonomy, self-scheduling software}
}

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