Additionally, bone density diminishes significantly—astronauts can lose up to 20% of bone mass in areas such as the spine and pelvis. This happens because the body adapts to the absence of ...

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According to Afshin Beheshti, director of the Center for Space Biomedicine, the absence of gravity leads to various physiological adaptations that can compromise astronaut health. For instance, in ...

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In one of the most politicized and closely-followed space missions, Sunita Williams, an astronaut of Indian descent, spent ...

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Bone and muscle deterioration, vision impairment — even changes in DNA. How does extended time in orbit impact the human body ...

In the absence of gravity, muscle mass disappears because the resistance training stops. When the astronaut returns to normal ...

Spending months in space can have serious effects on the human body. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams recently ...

The ease of these flights means that we can break boundaries a lot quicker. The flight Katy Perry will be on, NS-31, will be the first all-female crew in space since 1963 when Valentina Tereshkova ...