After Boeing's Starliner spacecraft left them stranded on the International Space Station in June, Sunita "Suni" Williams and ...
Redistribution of fluid around body due to long periods of weightlessness Bone density loss in critical areas such as lower limbs and spine Muscle atrophy Although ISS astronauts spend an average of 2 ...
NASA has been in hot water since Sunita Williams and Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore’s week-long space adventure stretched into a months-long wait. In late October, another prolonged interstellar journey ...
Meanwhile, space tourism, which is gathering pace, brings its own health issues. Traditionally, astronauts are handpicked ...
One of the four Crew-8 astronauts was forced to stay overnight at the Florida hospital for reasons not made clear.
The absence of gravity leads to muscle and bone loss, as bones and muscles aren’t needed to support body weight as they do on Earth. To mitigate this, astronauts typically engage in daily exercise, ...
Though there are no firm plans for a crewed mission to Mars, we all know one's coming. Astronauts routinely spend months at a ...
CHINESE astronauts have given the first-ever recorded tour of the Tiangong space station, which orbits roughly 400km above Earth. The orbital outpost is much more luxurious than the International ...
muscle loss is unavoidable in space. It takes several years to recover from a six-month spaceflight. There can be ongoing ...
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams is currently facing significant health challenges after an extended stay on the ISS.
Life-support systems are used by astronauts to recycle oxygen and guarantee a steady supply. Vigorous exercise combats the ...
On Tuesday, the main focus for the Expedition 72 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) was protecting eyesight to ...